and, of course, mark twain is over here, and there's some mark twain here, so one of the basic problems in dealing with this manuscript is to figure out which marks are the author's and which are devoto's. how do we know that those commas are devoto's? well, if you take a text that he's done this to and compare it to the way he publishes it, you can see that the commas have all disappeared. qed. so here we have mark twain writing, here we have devoto writing. it's one of the great achievements of these editors that they figured out how to distinguish between all of the markings on this document. here's just a simple example that has maybe five different handwritings on it. all of the pencil markings, commas, hyphens, stuff like that -- here's payne -- they're all by payne. they also have payne's typesetter. this is payne numbering the printer's copy. this is partnership adding new york. this is actually someone we don't know. and here's mark twain. not for mm c.. what does that mean? it means not sr. s.s. mcclure who is thinking about serializing it. he even corrects some of the things

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mark twain's "huckleberry finn" is a classic set before the civil war.tory's told by huck, a white boy escaping an abusive father, and his adventures with a black man named jim, escaping slavery. their journey takes place along the mississippi river. in it, twain used the n-word 219 times. to some people, the word gets in the way of the story's powerful message against slavery. to others, twain is simply capturing the way people talked back then. are you censoring twain? >> randall williams: we certainly are accused of censoring twain. >> pitts: randall williams is co-owner and editor of newsouth books, publishers of the sanitized edition of "tom sawyer" and "huckleberry finn" that replaces the n-word with "slave". it's aimed at schools that already ban the book, though no one knows how many have. williams says they are not trying to replace twain's original, n-word included. >> williams: if you can have the discussion and you're comfortable having the discussion, have it, have it with it in there. but if you're not comfortable with that, then here's an

mark twain was a lecttrer. ú& right. >> .and aavery amusing one, so the occasion for him speaking to he's giving a lecture. ann's not a lecturer, so, it, i had to actually writeúú&ad find two or three sentences that i could sliver in that suited the purpose that iú needdd very wwll, so i would always those are the sections that make me feel very nice because i know that is exactly how she said it. >> right. >> but i, i earned to get her, get her better..3 >> well, you got, ou got, no, knew, knew how to get the way that she would talk, but i'm also, you did it a little while ago, kind of almost absentmindedly. >> yeah. >> her, her voice. >> yes. >> you sound remarkedly like her. >> well. >> to people ho listened tt her for many years, you sound like her. >> i think in the play, i, i, i am not a genius that thaa sort of, at dialect. >> yes. >>>and i did have a dialect coach. >> and she's been incredibly helpful to me, and, and actually once, once we have -inished this, this spring engagement i will work more on the dialect because, you know, i've been wearing a lot of hats - producer a

postal service unveiled this stamp of mark twain. it went on sale for the first time yesterday.wn for his novel, the adventures of tom sawyer. >>> let's check in again with rosemary. >> our temperatures loon soaring -- will be soaring by 5 degrees. maybe even 7 in inland spots. upper 50s expected for the coastline. low 70s inland, with mostly sunny skies. for the afternoon, widespread 60s coast side. mid-80s inland areas. our temperatures this morning, a couple degrees warmer, with s area. just low clouds banking along the coastline. a few patches of fog. 77 expected for vallejo this afternoon. some of the warmer areas, 81 santa rosa. 85 antioch. 84degrees in concord. 70degrees in areas along the oakland stretch. head into the santa clara, it's going to be nice and warm. 78 expected san jose. 75 in mountain view. head closer to the coast. 70degrees expected in san mateo for the second half of your day. nice today, slightly warmer tomorrow. we've been talking about it a bit this morning. a big switch in our pattern. we're going to see the possibility of rain move in tuesday into

and i said, well, because mark twain wasn't available and he's not.truth of the matter is, your people here know that the truth goes down better in a democracy when it's in humor, but you do a splendid job of juxtaposing. you don't attack people. you put what they said ten years ago and what they said last night. that's what good journalism is about. it's about comparing. it's not declaring it. >> jon: well, that's very kind of you. i feel like we're not to dye that man's mustache, but thank you for putting us in the same sentence. we're going to take a commercial to '01. yeah, i don't remember you from geometry. i was shy in that class. '...old vice principle, mrs. kline.' mrs k?!?! hornitos premium tequila. purer than your intentions. you know, something you said earlier reminded me of one of the interviews we did in a book with susan jacobi. you were talking a lot about the language of keeping things hidden and the language of deception. it seems like the public discourse is now the language of deception, and news media, whose job it would be to de

and i said, well, because mark twain wasn't available and he's not.but the truth of the matter is, your people here know that the truth goes down better in a democracy when it's in humor, but you do a splendid job of juxtaposing. you don't attack people. you put what they said ten years ago and what they said last night. that's what good journalism is about. it's about comparing. it's not declaring it. >> jon: well, that's very kind of you. i feel like we're not to dye that man's mustache, but thank you for putting us in the same sentence. we're going to take a commercial [ man ] ♪ trouble ♪ trouble, trouble trouble, trouble ♪ ♪ trouble been doggin' my soul ♪ since the day i was born ♪ worry ♪ oh, worry, worry worry, worry ♪ [ announcer ] when it comes to things you care about, leave nothing to chance. travelers. take the scary out of life. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: does it take two to tango? ♪ ♪ anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. what's the most amazing ...was

all your films. >> thank you so much. >> i just wanted to ask you one of the hidden aspects of mark twain of course, was his opposition to the filipino-american war. could you maybe say a little something about twain and the war? >> yeah. twain shows up in here, he has a couple of appearances. he was actually, when asked, pretty open about his opposition to it. took a lot of flak for it. he was one of the two most famous person in what was called the anti-imperialist lead. andrew carnegie was the other famous guy in it which was this very strange group of people which also included mrs. jefferson davis, another absolute segregationist whose objection to the war was ha american white boys would come back with filipino brides, and we had enough mongrelization in this country already. so strange bed fellows. but his line was something like the american eagle shouldn't sink its talons into any other country. and he had been very, very pro the spanish part of the war because he feldt like the cuban people did need relief from the evil spaniards who had colonized them for 300 years. some of the

and i said, well, because mark twain wasn't available and he's not.but the truth of the matter is, your people here know that the truth goes down better in a democracy when it's in humor, but you do a splendid job of juxtaposing. you don't attack people. you put what they said ten years ago and what they said last night. that's what good journalism is about. it's about comparing. it's not declaring it. >> jon: well, that's very kind of you. i feel like we're not to dye that man's mustache, but thank you for putting us in the same sentence. we're going to take a commercial ♪ [ male announcer ] when you're looking for a twist, crack open a bud light lime. ♪ it's a fraction of the hope but it's hard to control ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the great taste of bud light, with a twist. bud light lime. all the refreshment of bud light, with a splash of 100% natural lime flavor. bud light lime. it's bud light. with a twist. you know, something you said earlier reminded me of one of the interviews we did in a book with susan jacobi. you were talking a lot about the l

and i said, well, because mark twain wasn't available and he's not.eople here know that the truth goes down better in a democracy when it's in humor, but you do a splendid job of juxtaposing. you don't attack people. you put what they said ten years ago and what they said last night. that's what good journalism is about. it's about comparing. it's not declaring it. >> jon: well, that's very kind of you. i feel like we're not to dye that man's mustache, but thank you for putting us in the same sentence. we're going to take a commercial impressive resume. i see you're flatulent in three languages. graduated top of your gas. [ male announcer ] got gas on your mind? your son rip is on line toot. [ male announcer ] try gas-x. powerful relief from pressure and bloating in a fast-acting chewable. gas-x. pressure's off. we don't go lower than 130. big deal, persuade him. is it wise to allow a perishable item to spoil? he asked, why leave a room empty? the additional revenue easily covers operating costs. 65 dollars is better than no dollars. okay. $65 for ton

. >> and mark twain?broad which was the most popular novel he ever wrote. he was there but briefly. he has a walk-on, joe, so to speak in my book. >> that's okay. mark twain that's what you need. that's what you need. >> i hate to keep going through the cast, oliver wendell holmes, truly great justices in the history of american jurisprudence. >> that was not him. it was his father. oliver wendell holmes seen york the great poet, essayist, started the magazine "atlantic monthly," devoted his entire professional career to medical science, saw nothing incongress grew white house about that being both a poet and physician. taught at harvard medical school more than 35 years. what they learned in paris as medical students was so far ahead of anything available here, when they came home, they -- many of these medical student, american medical students transformed american medical education and thus transformed american medical care. tremendous, tremendous influence and effect. could i have written a whole book

. >> he was a friend of mark twain at? >> he was. that was much later in life. he went to wall street. he became the partner. he gave a funny testimonial talk. >> reed was 63 when he died. >> sheep died in 1902. -- he died in 1902. >> he was the speaker three times. as you were doing your research, when did you start to really like him? how many books have been written? >> i am afraid that my sales would go to the hypothesis. people want to read our lives. there are a number of biographies in washington. he just came out with the doorstop. the powers that be in commerce line up behind the biographers taking up a known this subject. i had a pretty good day job. i was able to do this for the sheer love. it was a deep rooted and abiding love. you were kind enough to ask me a reed about. -- to ask me about reed. think of all the people who have lived and died in america. you cannot know them all. to me one would do worse by choosing him. >> you have the diary. what else did you do to make yourself familiar? what it did to start writing? >> 1 procrastinates. -- one p

let's hear it for mark twain. he's wonderful. i can't stand the thought that people are going to throw out huckleberry finn and put nappy hair in. you know, that's not the way. let me ask-- one of the things people who work in the area of fighting off censorship, we tend to demonize people who want to censor. there is a sense that, you know, "these are the people who walk into walls, "and they're not well-read, "and they-- they're just determined to shut out the world." but are there times when a parent could go to a school administrator and say, "look, my son or daughter is reading this in the fourth grade, and it's really not appropriate"? would that always be wrong? i think a thoughtful-- a thoughtful parent coming into school to talk about something is always welcome. it's the zealot that we all jump away from. thoughtfulness is appreciated always. is it--is it, then, that teacher's job to change the book? i don't know. (mannino) well, i'm hoping that the decision-- people make bad decisions. i mean, not every book that's tau

i do not know if you know what mark twain said about cincinnati.fter his seventh visit he was on a train ride and a young reporter asked him his impression. he said that it feared the world was ending tomorrow, he would was ending tomorrow -- he would get to cincinnati as fast as he could. [laughter] i told some folks yesterday that my father was so conservative that he prohibited premarital sex because he thought it might lead to slow dancing. [laughter] so, do not be shocked with my conservatism. i have been blessed to be the mayor of my home town, the secretary of state and treasurer for the great state of ohio, representing the united states in that band of confusion, the u.n., as president george h. w. bush's ambassador to the u.n. in charge of the human rights portfolio. i had the opportunity to work with josh bolten. let me put it to you plainly. elections are about winning. because elections matter. i want to give you a couple of examples and then tell you why i have been spending his time working. working to build, precinct by precinct, wo

that line about being a comedian is harder than what i do and if you were a tree, would you be mark twainthe tape or the web video, and we should probably make clear here we're not talking about what aired last week on fox news sunday, but what everybody watched and is commented on on the web, the longer up edited version of it. >> no, the statement about fox news did air. the statement that stewart made about it being -- >> and since you both referenced this point, let me just jump in- >> something about bill senior that got bleeped from the -- >> you say bleeped. the interview was edited. but first let me play jon stewart acknowledging that he made a mistake when he practice this argument that polls showed that fox viewers were the most misinformed. >> ultimately poe lit fact declared my statement false. i defer to their judgment and i apologize for my mistake. fox said less than 10% of obama's cabinet appointees have worked in the private sector. poe lit fact said that's false. fox said white house political director once served as right hand than to the air corn oig chief. scored that

mark twain and gave it that name that was not intended to be a compliment. it was to be extravagant, and that means stopped the gilded age. the politics were fascinating and there were so many things in researching the book that i talked about in the book that has resonance today. i don't go into this in the book so much, but i like to point out the first burr controversy actually took place in 1881 garfield was running for president and his vice president was chester arthur. by the cut dtv to a good about getting a book on jester published. you think that cleveland is tough. but the rumors of the time or that chester arthur had been born in canada. his father was an irishman and his mother was canadian from quebec and they emigrated from vermont but the story that when she was pregnant ready to give birth she went back and had the baby there which if true would mean chester arthur was not an american citizen because neither of his parents anybody born in the u.s.. i would point out we do not have the birth certificates long or short form for chester arthur.

>> not always but most often we stay in the hotel delouvre because that's where mark twain stayed, it's where hawthorne stayed, united states samuel b. moore stayed and it's flight the heart of... as you know, rht beside the louvre on one side an the palace royal on the over side. and we look out our window right up the avenue of the opera to the opera houses. it's exactly the view thas in the end sheets at the back of the book. >> rose: oh, ye, there you go. >> and that image is taken from a postcard that my mother brought back from paris when she was seven years old in 1907. it was in our attic. >> reporter: let me touch several bases you have talked out. number one, when you decide this when you say "i found my subject what's the next step for you? >> the form. what's the form of the book. and once i have the form and i'm ready to go... >> rose: what's formmean? >> structurethe architecture. where does it begin? how does it end? where does it end? what are you going to leave out? every work of art, painting, nothing is in it by accident and at best nothing is in the book by accident.

after all, i'm sure we're all familiar with mark twain's famous quote. he once said the coldest winter i ever saw was the summer i spent in san francisco. now ain't that the truth. well, right now, though, i can tell you it's pretty clear in the city. san francisco expected to reach about 57 degrees today, but i do think it's fair to say we hoped memorial day would bring much-needed warmer temps. low pressure is moving over the bay area today, expected to bring some rain and thunderstorms that could also produce some hail even. now, how about some weather factoids for the month of may. typically we all know the east bay is pretty warm. in all of may, the east bay only had two 80-degree days compared to 17 days in the 60s. keep in mind the average highs for the east bay range in the upper 70s to low 80s. now, on the bright side, the drought here in the bay area officially over and we should finish our rain season 100% to 125% of normal. so that's looking on the bright side of things this morning. now, we've made it to wednesday so i'm sure we're all looki

after all, most of us familiar with mark twain's famous quote, he said, the coldest winter i ever sawhe summer i spent in san francisco. now, the city expected to hit maybe 57 degrees today. still, i think it's fair to say we all had hoped memorial day would bring some much-needed warmer temps. as of today an area of low pressure moving over the bay area expected to bring some rain and thunderstorms that could even produce some hail. now, this weird weather has resulted in some weather factoids for the month of may. in all of may the east bay only had two 80-degree days compared to 17 days in the 60s. keep in mind the average highs for the east bay range in the upper 70s to the low 80s. most people out here today say this weather is pretty bizarre. i ran into some folks visiting from florida who actually say they don't mind it. >> june 1st we would expect to get different weather, but that's okay. we'll enjoy it anyway. >> reporter: because it's hot in florida? >> it's getting into the 90s already. >> reporter: so this doesn't bother you some. >> not too much. if it doesn't go below 5

caller: mark twain said get the facts first. you can distort them later. host: and we will leave it there. "richland --ing's "richmond times-dispatch," u.s. department has approved they new districts drawn up by this general assembly this spring. westchester, new york, on a line for democrats. caller: i wanted to follow-up on the comments, the last couple of guys who called on the democratic line. i have to say that sometimes i think you'd do a great job and i love watching this. it would be nice if sometimes the moderator's like yourself would jump in when one of your guests really goes -- the cliche is of left field. or right field in the previous case. they get so far away from the facts. the inconsistencies in both parties are pretty amazing. i think that is why people like ron paul and libertarians appeal to as many people as they do. even when they are wrong, at least they are morally consistent. and it would be nice if you would jump in a little bit more, i think, and keep the facts on the table straight. host: give me an example of where you think

i do not know if you know what mark twain said about cincinnati.er his seventh visit he was on a train ride and a young reporter asked him his impression. he said that it feared the world was ending tomorrow, he would was ending tomorrow -- he would get to cincinnati as fast as he could. [laughter] i told some folks yesterday that my father was so conservative that he prohibited premarital sex because he thought it might lead to slow dancing. [laughter] so, do not be shocked with my conservatism. i have been blessed to be the mayor of my home town, the secretary of state and treasurer for the great state of ohio, representing the united states in that band of confusion, the u.n., as president george h. w. bush's ambassador to the u.n. in charge of the human rights portfolio. i had the opportunity to work with josh bolten. let me put it to you plainly. elections are about winning. because elections matter. i want to give you a couple of examples and then tell you why i have been spending his time working. working to build, precinct by precinct, word