like luke russert's. utside of the united states in argentina, where his mother met him. at the end of that thanksgiving night in argentina, marie warmth tells her son luke, when i was a little girl, people told me that i talked too much. i guess i used to my advantage now. also, asking questions is the only way to learn something. i can't tell if she's learned the skills as a journalist or if it just comes naturally. whatever the case, i'm in awe of her tonight. we get back to the hotel. i walk to the bar for a nightcap. mom heads to the elevator. she gives me a long hug. call it a suns intuition, but i know she's thinking about data and thanksgivings of the past as she holds the embrace. i also know she does not want to talk about it. the night has been too good. luke russert, back with us. you know, there is a school of thought that has studied your parents as a couple that says that there is no tim russert as we know him without maureen worth. >> she would tell you that. that's true. >> the remarkable

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luke russert was a nbc news correspondent, particularly on capitol hill. he was the son of tim russert, former meet the press host. and the book looks at mr. russert's travels across six continents and his efforts to come to terms with his father's death. quote, it's not the worst memo ever written. not even close, probably. andrew styles writes in e ee beacon. but as soon as luke russert embarks on his global quest for puose and enlightenment, the average reader will find, prohibit tively challenging the task of taking him seriously as a writer, traveler, thinker, bon vivant. at various points through his journey, russert cpares himself to buddha, the virgin mary, a rwandan silverback gorilla, and jes christ. that's andrew styles, writing in the washington free beacon. well, coming up on book tv's afterwords program is alexandra robbins. she is an investigator of reporter and she provides a behind the scenes look at the issues teachers are facing in the classroom today. her book is entitled the teachers a year inside america's most vulnerable important pro

luke russert was a nbc news correspondent, particularly on capitol hill. he was the son of tim russert, former meet the press host. and the book looks at mr. russert's travels across six continents and his efforts to come to terms with his father's death. quote, it's not the worst memoir ever written. not even close, probably. andrew styles writes in the free beacon. but as soon as luke russert embarks on his global quest for purpose and enlightenment, the average reader will find, prohibit tively challenging the task of taking him seriously as a writer, traveler, thinker, bon vivant. at various points through his journey, russert compares himself to buddha, the virgin mary, a rwandan silverback gorilla, and jesus christ. that's andrew styles, writing in the washington free beacon. well, coming up on book tv's afterwords program is alexandra robbins. she is an investigator of reporter and she provides a behind the scenes look at the issues teachers are facing in the classroom today. her book is entitled the teachers a year inside america's most vulnerable i

the book is called "look for me there: grieving my father, finding myself" by luke russert, the son ofery well and luke is here. thanks so much. i read the whole thing. it is very beautifully written, i have to say. you can tell you and your editor worked hard on the prose. i guess the first question i have is, you know, you obviously after your father died you became a political reporter for nbc and msnbc and then you left. you said you were unfulfilled and unhappy. a number of things that led to that including a lecture from house speaker john boehner. >> yeah. >> and also the gorilla being killed and some of that nonsense bumping one of your hits. how did you end up with traveling the world as the solution at least temporarily? >> i think when you go travel, you are escaping, right? and what i figured out not until later on, originally it was escape, get me out of here, i want to be alone with the voices in my own head and figure out who i am independent of the d.c. bubble, independent of my last name, independent of my family. but when i started to go out there and travel, i starte

at a crowded orioles game at camden yards, luke russert remembers his dad tim pointing to a hot dog standdy, if we're ever separated, look for me there. when tim died of a heart attack in 2008, luke followed him to nbc news becoming a correspondent here. after working eight years in television, luke didn't have a good question on why he was chasing his father's legacy. he traveled to six continents searching for his father and for himself and luke russert, author of "look for me there," grieving my father and finding myself. welcome back to "meet the press." >> it is such an honor. i still get chills every time i see the logo and hear the music it's pretty special. >> i get chills introducing you right now, i'll be honest. >> yeah. >> you were 22 when your dad died. >> yeah. >> it seems that you're looking back now and realizing you didn't process it then. >> yeah. >> talk about it. >> well, he died, and it was such a whirlwind of emotions. and we came back to washington. my mother and i were in italy when it happened, which turned out to be a blessing because we had one day to ourselves

luke russert his written a new book about how he dealt with sudden loss of his dad sdwloo joining me insight, yamiche alcindor. former democratic senator from missouri, claire mccaskill, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles and lanhee chen, a fellow at the hoover institution. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press". >> from nbc news in washington, the long of-running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> a good sunday morning. it was ten years ago this very month that the so-called gang of eight rolled out an immigration reform pan that they believed could finally pass congress. >> we all wish we didn't have this problem, but we do and we have to fix it because leaving things the way they, that's the real am nest. >> i think 2013 is the year of immigration reform. >> it was not and the laws haven't changed. donald trump would launch his political campaign building his entire identity with the issue of being tough on immigration and tough on the worder. decided to wall off the southern border and while the wall didn't materialize the det

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luke russert was just 22 when he went to work for nbc news. 8 years later, though, he walked away fromhe life he seemed destined for. he talked about finding his own way in life in his new book called "look for me there." luke, congratulations on the book. >> thank you so much. thanks for having me, paula. >> i'm thrilled to talk about this. i think i was about ten pages in before i started crying. now, i want to talk to you first about what started this journey. a lot of doors opened for you. you had an incredible opportunity covering politics here in washington for nbc news. why did you choose to walk away? >> i had a dream job. i was so blessed. i was covering capitol hill, which i really enjoyed. but i noticed that something was missing, that i had anxiety around turning the age of 30. part of it i thought was, oh, part of this is just you getting older. but i also felt like, wow, is this all there is to me in this life? i am just trying to preserve a legacy being in the business my dad it was in. it was john boehner that said, hey, there is a world outside of capitol hill. you mig

and luke russert is out with a really special new book "look for me there" grieving my father.is father, the legendary "meet the press" moderator tim russert. luke discusses in the book the beginning of his journey which took him from nbc to a more than three year long odyssey across several continents. started just days after his father's passing when he gave a moving eulogy at his dad's memorial service. >> when i hold this up, some of you see a glass half empty. some of you see a glass half full. for tim russert, his glass was always half full. and in my 22 years, i've never met anybody filled with so much optimism who not only loved the good parts of life but also its challenges. the ability of the human spirit to withstand tragedy always interested my father. and he firmly believed that with faith, friends, and a little foley, anybody could withstand anything. well, that is certainly being put to the test this past week, but i believe that it is working. >> luke is joining us now. i can't read much of this without crying. do you know how you did that? >> no. i go back and

>> luke russert gets tonight's last word, love, him love the book. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now. starts right now >> tonight, holding the highest court in the land accountable, or, at, least trying to, as democrats call for stronger ethics rules that meant to republican ex existence. who should police the justices? with the clock ticking on the debt limit, president biden will meet with congressional leaders to hash out a deal. and, thousands of rioters, taking to the picket lines, bringing hollywood to a halt. the impact on your favorite shows, as the 11th hour gets underway, on this tuesday night. >> good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle, live from los angeles. we begin this evening with breaking news and texas. the man accused of killing five of his neighbors, execution style, has been captured. the alleged gunman, arrested in the city in texas after a four-day manhunt. he is accused of killing his neighbors, including a nine-year-old child, after one of them asked the man to stop firing his rifle because a baby was

joining us, the author himself, luke russert, thank so much for absolutely.ft of the book here in san francisco's the homecoming of sorts. grandmother's kitchen in >> that's a great place to be a bay area its a great place to find inspiration, to write something. absolutely something especially like this, which is incredibly profound personal to you. the whole finding yourself finding a way to process. you know what happened with your dad and and before we get to that, i do want to talk a little bit about your dad. i'm sure you've had people, you know, ask you about your father. we knew him. because he was iconic in our industry. you know, a legend, really? but you knew him as a dad because that's what he was to you. he was little bit about that. one of the things that i learned when i worked nbc and got a little taste of the grueling schedule over the course of 8 years was just how valuable the gift of time was that he gave me gave me real honest time. he wasn't on his phone. he wasn't distracted by other things. and if he was, he would say point really? >>

joining me now is tim's son, luke russert, former nbc capitol hill correspondent, former host of thestanding new book, look for me there. grieving my father, finding myself. welcome, my friend. it's so good to see you. look, we're gonna dive in your book in just a moment. first, your dad was a walking fact-checker who approached every single interview with his no nonsense, nonpartisan approach. what do you think he'd think of the political divide that not only prevents congress from accomplishing much, but it tips me calling in lies as normal behavior? >> well, alex, thank you so much rather be on this morning. i have to admit, i got flashbacks when i woke up to emails from msnbc booking making sure it's gonna be in the right position through my saturday live shot. i thought that was cuomo -- you ask a very good question. i think one thing that i would look back on, with my father passed in june 2008, 15 years ago almost, it feels like it was an end of an era. what i mean by, the broadcast news, and the papers still carried a lot of way, cable news was still very much there, not as o

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luke russert, it's a pleasure to see you, thank you so much. best of luck with the book, that's gonna do it for me, everyone, on this edition of alex witt reports, my father's my dear friends -- she continues our coverage right now. ues ou >> and good afternoon, i'm lindsey reiser in for yasmin vossoughian, new numbers just in from the border on this crucial first weekend since title 42 ended. amid fears of an influx of new attempts to cross the border. >> my daughter has a better future. one day she can say, we made it. and then we can have a better future. >> i've gotten women crying on my shoulder because they've been sexually assaulted. their daughters. >> you feel as though you're living in a dream? and that i can't wake up? i have been able to sleep. at night, my nightmare. everything is a nightmare. >> breaking weather news, at least one person has died in texas as tornadoes hit the state from a storm system that swept through the plain states and other areas. down to the wire with no sign of public negotiations to avert a government shu

our good friend luke russert joins us now. ation, mike barnicle, who has known luke, i think, since the day he was born. >> that's true. >> great to have you here. congratulations on the book. >> thank you. >> tell us about the journey. you were thrust into this world with us after your dad died. during the 2008 presidential campaigns, you were pushed out there and said, "go do it," and you didn't have time to grapple with the hole in your life. tell us about the journey you took to find it. >> i think you're talking about where it started, 22-year-old luke, that young kid who had such a desire to try and preserve his dad's legacy. he thought that's what he had to do. he thought that was his duty. in the process of doing that, was never really able to grieve himself and understand really what the loss of his father was going to mean for him personally. it was at a very interesting time because i was so outward facing. i was trying to shoulder this load and shoulder this responsibility of, okay, this is something my father would

luke, a father he adored. tim died suddenly in 2008, two days before father's day. >> this is a special edition of "meet the press" with tim russert and deeply personal this journey begins in many ways with your father's passing, which was a heart-breaking and shocking moment that as a young man you had to share with everybody. >> and it was soul crushing. it was such a whirlwind. >> reporter: luke was just 22 when he delivered his father's eulogy >> i love you, dad and in his words, let us all go get them >> i remember being at your father's memorial service, and i can't imagine standing up at 22 years old in that crowd, with your heart-breaking. >> it was quite -- it was quite nerve-racking to be up there you see the face of barack obama and john mccain and joe biden. and i found my father there, too. i knew i couldn't let him down >> reporter: it was a shining moment for you and one of the hardest moments of your life suddenly, nbc news says we see something in you. >> nbc came to me and said, you have a gift. off natural talent the name didn't hurt either. >> reporter: nbc hired luke. he covered the 2008 campaign and later cap