and then kerouac sat on the couch, we would get a big, tall budweiser.they had done their thing, you know? i really felt like the torch had been passed from those guys to the psychedelic generation. >> kesey was very messianic, and he started feeling that acid would start to let you see a larger truth and thought he wanted to get as many people to try lsd as they can. >> so we started renting halls. we called the thing the acid test. the band of course was known as the warlocks. as time went on, they changed their name to the grateful dead. ♪ st. stephen with a rose, in and out of the garden he goes ♪ ♪ country garden in the wind and the rain ♪ ♪ wherever he goes, the people all complain ♪ >> lsd was not an illegal drug. when kesey held these acid tests, as they were known, they'd have two vats. one was punch and one was punch with lsd. >> the acid tests were like a party. the scene is a lot of light shows and music and people dancing. when the dead were playing, it was a way to feel that acid in waves. and i looked down and i saw kids in front of me mov

to me this whole jack kerouac on the road, he's kind of like an emo 2020 candidate, hasn't played allnow she's got a lot of bad press over her staff, but she's midwestern, grit and you need to win iowa if you are not beto, biden, kamala. you need to win iowa. if you do, you have a real chance going forward. she has a real chance to win there. unlike some of the other candidates. you've got to tell me a state you're going to win for me to believe you're going to be the nominee. >> favorite kerouac book, derma bums. favorite character, jaffy rider. >> what you said. >> nice haircut by the way. >> yeah, thanks. >> let me turn those big questions into a fun question. who's your favorite drummer? wait until you see this. i have a new one. i have never seen anything like this. ♪ guess how old that kid is? he's on the beat the whole time. the kid is four. wait until you hear this. this is nothing. if you have moderate to severe psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats different

he strikes me as more of a wanderer, a little bit manic, looking for himself in a kerouac kind of wayting with a midlife crisis. >> juan: can i stop you for a second? dana, did you hear that? a kerouac reference from jesse watters. >> jesse: i am in dana's book club. >> dana: look out crew twitter. >> jesse: eat and play contact sports, that's what i mean. he reminds me of pajama boy but a little bit taller. he's very talented because he has a nice personal touch. people respond to him and he can raise a lot of money. the same time, he's going to get pushed around the higher he climbs. there's going to be a lot of consultants who are going to flock to him and try to milk them for cash and they are going to write speeches for him because he is a little bit of an empty vessel. he needs to stop with the button down shirts on the smiles and bone up on policy and get a slogan. get a slogan. >> juan: trump might give him one. >> dana: he's got a good logo. >> juan: emily, let me say beto steen says he does have policy positions. they say he wants to ban assault weapons. universal background

mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved. >> but before our political kerouacet to donald trump, he may face another obstacle. >> as they say where i come from, get a life. >> a new cnn series explores richard nixon's rise and political destruction. >> i don't give a goddamn what the story is. >> richard m. nixon has lied repeatedly. >> no reporter from "the washington post" must ever be in the white house again. do you understand? the tougher it gets, the cooler i get. i have what it takes. >> impeach nixon now! >> i'm going to say this to the television audience because people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. well, i'm not a crook. >> this crap about watergate. >> let others wallow in watergate. we're going to do our job. >> i'm going to kick their ass. >> nobody's going to package me. nobody's going to make me put on an act for television. i'm not going to engage in gimmicks or stunts wearing any silly hats. if people looking at me say that's a new nixon, then all i can say is, well, maybe you didn't know the old nixon. >> "tricky