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carlos and given how they were dressed i asked him if they had just come back from working down at kinkosess like because it brings us closer. >> you guys are not related, are you? >> maybe if you go way back to thomas jefferson or or something like that but not that we're away much. >> did you guys cover both the rnc and dnc? you were there the entire time? >> we did both, yeah, yeah. you the good the rnc and a later you were' dnc? >> it was weird. >> i would say the democrats gave us way more access and would walk up and talk to us. i kind of felt like a lot of the republicans were being carried around like they didn't want to talk to peasant comedians like us. >> did you feel like a hierarchy like the folks at dnc were standoffish to you? >> maybe. i don't want to be biased. maybe because it was very hot. i felt like when we approached, people got in their car. >> much was made about the speeches so let's get to the speeches. we had mitt romney and paul ryan made your speech. then you had -- oddly enough, not the vice president. but a former president bill clinton made your speech and

go to kinkos get it bound and distributed and then a lot of people will come and say i can't get my dad to tell the stories to me. get your grandson to go sit with your father with a tape recorder, record all memoirs and distribute it to the family. so, i suppose, pride is not the right word but just so satisfying and gratifying to know that i've had some small role in connecting these generations to remember, the great, great work done by so many members of that generation, the sacrifices that they made, we would be a much different place today if it had not been for them. >> host: this is "book tv" on c-span2. tom brokaw is our "in depth" guest. martha's vineyard, massachusetts. barbara, you're on the air. good afternoon. >> caller: hi, thank you. mr. brokaw, thank you so much for your incredibly wonderful career and in particular for the tone of your reporting and yourself expression. it is much valued in these age of hyper politics. i'm calling to say that since i'm 64 years old. my father died at age 78. greatest generation, world war ii. oss person in london and, and i came up wit