khaled hosseini is here. [ cheers and applause ] so exciting -- the guests we have for you tonight. before we get to all of them, the president's ex-campaign chairman has flipped on him and his supreme court nominee has been imperiled by a serious sexual aault allegation. for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ]et >> one by one, trump's closest aides have turned on him and struck plea deals with prosecutors. but there was one who, for , montfused to cave, and that was his ex-campaign chairman paul manafort. manafort went all the way to trial. e and nsure manafort's loyalty, trump repeatedly praised him. >> i t trial is very sad when you look at what's going on there. i think it's a very sad day for our country. he worked for me for a very or period of time, but you know what, he happens to be a very good person. paul manafort's a good man. he wasith ronald reagan. he was with a lot of different people over the years. and i feel very sad about that. it doesn't involve me, but i yo still feel -know, it's a very sad thing that happened. this has nothin

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khaled hosseini is the best—selling author of the kite runner and is a goodwill ambassador for the unneys and tells the story of a father telling his young son the stories of his childhood in syria as they wait for a boat to take them across the sea in search of a new life. all proceeds from the book are going towards assisting refugees and vulnerable people. very nice and a great honour to have you in the studio. before i start, i should share with viewers, a very distressing image from three years ago. this is in and the images of the three—year—old boy being held by the three—year—old boy being held by the rescuer whose body was washed up on the shores following one of these dreadful crossings. i think it is fairto dreadful crossings. i think it is fair to say that this really prompted your creative process in producing see prayer, so where did this come from? i, like millions of people around the world, when i saw those photographs of this young boy lying dead on the beach and his body being picked up by somebody who did know him, did know his name, didn't know him, did know his n