[laughter] the mark twain quote was the two most important days of the life are the days you are born and the date you find out why. the second quote is from amanda's mom, kathy who told me to listen to the song blessing by a woman named laura. laura's husband was dying under of lung cancer. the refrain was what if the trials of this life, rain and storms, hard as night are your mercies in disguise. that's where where the title of the book comes from too. it was interesting and inspiring about the baxley family was they took something that could destroy a family and in a way, they came came together over it. they became stronger. they didn't let it destroy them. as her uncle, mike, said it one point they didn't want to sit there and be slain by this disease. i'm going to read an introduction and amanda will tell you a little bit. once again, i'm trying my best not to tell you what the story is. the two people amanda baxley loves the point begged her not to be tested, at least not now. please, her mother pleaded, your dad is so sick, were hurting so much already. her boyfriend implored

at the beginning of the book, there's a quote of mark twain, which you read. the two most important days of your life are the day that you were born and the day you find out why. i truly believe this book, this story, this life, this fight, this is my why. so thank you. [applause] >> we would be happy p to take questions. yes? [laughter] >> oh, my gosh. debbie, hi. there are people i never met in person. sorry, she was one of them. >> [inaudible] >> what has surprised me since the book came out and people have started to ask me questions. i guess what surprised me most was the questions i've been asked have always been what about the test, the gene test. and to me, the story is so much more about what gives a family strength, what gives them hope, how do they deal with -- a tragedy that could destroy people. that, to me, is the real story. if you say would you take a gene test, some people are just very cavalier. oh, yeah, i'd want to know. well, you have to live it and know -- i have no idea what i would do. i'd have to be in that situation. but i was deeply

mark twain was a reporter out here in the bay area. temperatures in the extended forecast, we'll be looking for upper 70s on tuesday. more clouds tomorrow than we had today. wednesday will be near 80 inland. look what happens on thursday. the numbers begin to drop in the upper 60s. by friday we're all in the low to mid 60s with wind and rain on friday. those showers linger in to saturday. the question now is what happens on sunday? the answer, partly sunny skies before we get another chance of rain coming in on monday. so i hope you enjoy this break in the sunshine about as much as you're going to enjoy this break. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, take on the gonzaga bulldogs in the n- basketball champio >>> coming up at 6:00, the north carolina tar heels going to take on the gonzaga bulldogs in the ncaa men's championship. that is followed by our postgame show here on kpix 5. >>> warrior fans won't want to miss a special edition of the late show with james corden tonight. >> going to be good. cordon came to oakland to hang out

engineering feats have certainly come a long way since mark twain's day, but that sentiment remains theame today. over the past year, we've faced a humbling reminder of the power of mother nature. there will always be factors we can't control, challenges we can't predict, that's part of what has made our faith so strong. but here in these chambers, we do hold the power to shape our future. washington has become too much like that river, stubborn and set in its own ways. it doesn't have to be that way here in baton rouge. louisiana's uniqueness has always been our greatest source of strength. we are unique in our culture. we are unique in the natural resources has blessed us with, and the challenges that represents. can't we also be unique in the way we govern? i believe that the people of louisiana who put us here in the first place, expect more of us than business as usual. they expect us to be as strong, hardworking, innovative and courageous as they are, even in the face of great challenges. in times like these nobody can be satisfied with merely naming highways including prestigious

mark twain once said the mississippi river will always have its own way. no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise. engineering feats have certainly come a long way since mark twain said they appeared wit but that sentiment remains the same for us today. over the past year we have faced a humbling reminder of the power of mother nature. there will always be factors we cannot control, challenges that we cannot predict your bass part of what has made our faith so strong here in louisiana. but here in these chambers we do hold the power to shape our future. washington has become too much like that river, stubborn and set in its own ways. but it doesn't have to be that way here in baton rouge. louisiana's unique this has always been our greatest source of strength we are unique in our culture. we are unique in the natural resources god has blessed us with, and the challenges that represents. can't we also the unique in the way we govern? i believe that the people of louisiana who put us here in the first place expect more of us than business as usua

thank you for giving me this help in at the beginning of the book there is a quote from mark twain that says the two most important days of your life is the day your borne and the day you find out why. this is my wife. they give. [applause] >> we will be happy to take questions. >>. >> people i have never met in person that are here. what has surprised me most is the questions heavily spend about the gene test what gives the family strength and hope with the tragedy to me that is the real story some people are very cavalier we have no idea what we would do in the situation but i was deeply moved by amanda and her family and the way that they have learned to deal with the way they you think there might not be done. [inaudible] >> i hear many stories why did i think it was a book in? many very self-contained and you make that point did you get out this story the one central point was share detested and what do you do? i have an agent who said this could be a book and i had no idea what really was and also she doesn't make these long proposals because they didn't know it was coming i had n

as mark twain said, whatever it is that newspapers say their objective is, it's actually to make money. that's their real motivation. and so keep that in mind. as we switch gears a little bit, okay? because the other thing that you need to know about this time period to understand this rise of a new type of female journalist was you need to know about gender norms in the 19th century, okay? what did people think about gender and what it meant to be a man versus a woman? there are two primary ideas here. that, that are important. one is the notion of separate spheres for men and women. the ideology of this period was that men's work was, was public. it was important. it was for men. and that women had other attributes, other qualities. they were natural caretakers, and that the two spheres should be kept separate. right? men were assumed to be naturally more intelligent, you know, active, in charge, right? aggressive. women were assumed to be better at raising the children and running the household, you know, obviously, at this time, women, they couldn't vote. their education opportunit

we will talk about mark twain. questions for our speaker? i had a question about for thed's support restoration of the queen to the throne. who was the person that suggested that idea to them? she wrote a letter to him after the revolution asking for his support. i also know that his secretary of state also supported the idea of restoring her to the throne. where did that idea come from? james: they were already acquainted. he was thoroughly against the takeover to begin with. there was not a lot of bickering to do for him to do it. one thing she got in trouble with -- he wanted amnesty for the coup plotters. they were dual citizens. there was a story that she had threatened to behead them. she was not going to give them amnesty. that was not really true. that whole beheading thing was colorful press. eventually she did relent. she said, i will give them amnesty. she wrote that letter on the very day cleveland gave up on her and sent the whole business to congress. there was very little convincing to do because cleveland fought the whole thi

of the mississippi, an old industrial town in the american heartland, a brief stopping point for mark twain and more recently for another famous visitor. xi jinping has friends here. he met them during an agricultural research trip as a young man 30 years ago and returned for a reunion shortly before he became president. this is the house he stayed? >> yes, and he had not home-stayed before. barbara: he got a taste of local american life by staying with the family. back then the room was filled with "star trek" toys. now the home is a museum aimed at promoting u.s.-china ties. >> i think xi jinping has great presence and when he comes in the room and shakes his hand, i believe donald trump -- i hate to say this -- a guy i can make a deal with. president trump: we cannot continue to allow china to rape our country. barbara: donald trump's brand has been bashing china, particularly on trade. barbara: could a dose of chinese hospitality fix that? i think may be he needs some time to know more about china. barbara: maybe donald trump needs to visit muscatine. >> yeah. [laughter] i think he will

mark twain once said the mississippi river will alys have its own made no engineering skill can persuade to do otherwise but that sentiment remains the same today. we face the humbling reminder there are always factors we cannot control challenges we cannot predict that is what makes our faith so strong here in the museum of that here the chamber's we do overpower to shape our future washington has become like that river but it doesn't have to be that way in better rouge. we are unique in our culture with the resources god has blessed us with in the challenges that represents. can we be unique with the way that we govern? i believe the people of louisiana put us here in the first place and expect more of us to be is a strong and hard working ands courageous as they are even in the face of great challenges. nobody can be satisfied to name highways or with the prestige license plate. we have to do more and be serious and courageous our constituents expect us to reason together. we cannot waste this opportunity so we will end up in right back here with the options are not any better than th

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also numbers from west side story, and even perform literary readings by whitman, hemingway and mark twaingust. how can about re-inventing yourself. an actor, you know, art igs too. >> he is so talented i have no doubt it's going to succeed. >>> if you had to choose which you can't live without, wi-fi or laundries? so a new survey finds most apartment hunters are more concerned with internet access than clean clothes. 34% ranked access to wi-fi the most important for apartment living. 25% high speed internet, and 13% said having a washer and drier was the most critical factor. i have to say i can't give up any of those. but -- >> you have to pick up one. you can get your own wi-fi or have your laundry sent out. you got to pick. >> i say i need laundry. i'm ocd. i do laundry 17 times a day. >> to me that means no social media, no netflix account, nothing on the phone. >> tough one. >> still ahead, barack obama's post presidency gig, plus the future is now. look at silicon valley's take on the flying car. (vo) more "doing chores for mom" per roll more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "ea

also numbers from "west side story," and even perform literary readings by whitman, hemingway and mark twainaugust. who knew he had classic music, classic literature in him. >> incredibly talented guy. it will do well, i have an inkling. >>> if you had to choose which you can't live without, wi-fi or laundries? so a new survey finds most apartment hunters are more concerned with internet access than clean clothes. 34% ranked access to wi-fi the most important for apartment living. 25% high speed internet, and 13% said having a washer and drier was the most critical factor. >> not even a toss up for me. wi-fi. i can always send the laundry out. >> i'm all about the laundry. you're watching "early today." (vo) more "doing chores for mom" per roll more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer than the leading ordinary brand. so you get more "life" per roll. bounty the quicker picker upper. (baby crying♪ minutes old. ♪ a baby's skin is never more delicate. ♪ what do hospitals use to wash and protect it? ♪

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mark twain, a famous playwrights. he met had many quips during his life and one of them was the coldest winter that ice ever spent was a summer in san francisco. this was one of his jokes. july 1916, the air was pretty mild, the summer weather had turned very fair and pleasant. the local weather forecasters predicted only a light wind for july 22 1916. it settled into a very pleasant summer. there was excitement around the city. for lots of reasons, but san francisco was a far cry from a city that had been, with the famous san francisco earthquake and decade earlier. the city had rebuilt itself since 1906 in the previous decade. so much so that the city had had in 1915 as ar celebration of his revitalized city. there were lots of other things happening in the city. you can see this gentleman, charles evans hughes. he was a judge that was also running for president at the time. he promised republican party loyalists that he would win by an overwhelming majority. his words. if you are not heard of president hughes, that

. >> when shooting the civil war there is a beautiful theme apropos of mark twain. with this episode that episode earlier or later and then to say we have to lose this. obviously joe had to news several hundred pages. were there this you had to kill? gimmicky yes. paintball a painful example the book prior to spain that is a mighty big subject that killed 9 million soldiers and i had us strategy and a number of 140,000 words but the first draft and was to under 25,000 words i gave it to half a dozen friends to read so you have to cut cut cut so if you of suffered through this one piece of advice instead of thinking of reducing a book for shorthand then the whole arm think of it is i m overweight in the need to lose some weight. >> you were talking to a california audience. >> so i could get to the point where it feels really good. [inaudible] can you redid as a somebody else? >> i tried to bed another trick that i use is on my word-processing program into a series of actions it takes a highlighted block of text but when i push this special key that puts it in anothe

commenting on the brazen corruption in the election, mark twain said of clark, he was said to have broughtlegislators and judges as other men by food. by this example he has some excuse and so sweet and corruption that in montana it no longer has an offensive smell. senator william clark took office in washington only to have investigations open immediately. after hearing testimony from state legislators and even montana supreme court justices from his -- we had tentative bribe. they declared his election void. in an amazing maneuver, clark resigned and his allies in montana contrived to get the governor out of the state. making the lieutenant governor, clark ally, the acting governor. at which point the lieutenant governor appointed clark to fill the now vacant senate seat that clark had just been denied. [laughter] this is the kind of corruption that was going on in the gilded age. money, buying senate seats, buying politics, shaping political outcomes.and the populace and progressive for this would really constitutional system. it would be the end of the republic. and so they came up wi

commenting on the corruption mark twain said, he is said to have bought legislatures and judges as other men buy identified. he has so excused and so sweetened corruption that in montana it no longer has an offensive smell. senator william clark took office in washington, only to have investigations open immediately. after hearing testimony from state legislators and even montana supreme court justices, whom clark's agented attempted to bribe the senate investigations committee declared clark's election void. in an amazing maneuver, clark resigned and his allies in montana con cried to get the governor out of the state, making the lieutenant governor, clark allies the acting governor, chat point the lieutenant governor appointed clark to fill the now vacant senate seat that clark had just been denied. this was the kind of corruption that was going on in the gilded age. money buying senate seats, buying politics, shaping political outcomes. when the populist and progressives were worried this would ruin to the constitutional system think end of the republic. and so they tame up with some

in it performs songs from the musical "west side story" and spoken word including works from mark twaing in napa valley july 20th and plan ross release a recording in august. >> i like that. >> nothing he can't do. >> nothing wrong with that. dylan, thank you. >>> still ahead, we'll take you to san antonio, texas, where seaworld just welcomed a beautiful baby killer whale, but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> there's a new addition to the sea world family in texas. it's bringing a lot of joy to all those who worked there. >> it's bittersweet as it marks the end of an era for the orca breeding program. >> reporter: making waves. the killer whale swimming protectively with her newborn orca. >> it was so cute. >> reporter: a sight for all ages. >> incredible picture that keeps in your mind forever. >> reporter: it's the fifth calf. the 30th time a killer whale has given birth at sea world. it's also the last time one will ever be born into captivity here. >> this is the most beautiful patient in the world as a veterinarian and the most beautiful ocean ambassador you can imagine. but it's

. >> so we were at the mark twain awards honoring bill murray, jimmy was hosting, i was in it, it wasy home commercial. like most people. but jimmy said, hey! i have a private plane. >> jimmy: well, i don't -- [ laughter ] >> baby shoes? what's your advantages? >> jimmy: baby shoes, that's it. baby shoes. >> baby doll? >> jimmy: sunday night, i had to get back to work to do the show. >> yes, yes. he had a private plane take us back. so -- >> jimmy: i invited you and your wife. >> wife maggie, you and molly, stephanie your makeup person -- >> jimmy: i wear makeup on my private jet, yes. >> she was doing us all up, that was fun. >> jimmy: by the way, that was your publicist, not my publicist. >> okay. we sound like a bunch of jerks. my publicist and my makeup person. so we drive up there, get to the airport, it's 1:00 in the morning. the first thing that made me nervous, we got there, and the pilot is leaning against a wall like this with a cup of coffee. he goes, plane's that way, plane's that way. i'm like -- [ laughter ] and it started to feel like the end of the movie "la bamba." yo

it reminds me of the great mark twaine line which i'm going to paraphrase that he left home at 18 and came back at 20 and couldn't believe how much his father learned. >> to that point let's listen to the voice of the man who had the job. a governor from texas that came to washington. wanted to keep his hands off the rest of the world. >> our country goes to these kind of i guess mood swings is the right way to say it and it seems to me that in both parties there was an isolationist and protectionist sentiment. on the other hand, the realities of the job sometimes undermine sentiments. >> fair point? >> last year when he was on the campaign trail holding fund-raisers for a lot of senate candidates, basically doing jobs folks in this party wouldn't do, he had this line and he said it over and over again. he was troubled by the kind of rising isolationism in both parties but he kind of meant trump it was pretty obvious. but being in the job kind of undermines those sentiments. >> i think it's too -- i'm going to be the pes mist at the table. i think it's too change to change, because --

and so it's a form of leadership, you know, it's like when mark twain went to the holy land. he said christ's been here once, will never come again. [ laughter ] like you're not going to see -- these people aren't coming back. but just to know that that form of leadership actually existed. people did that. okay? that's, that's really wonderful. >> onmentionand you mentioned t adams/jefferson letters which we agree are one of the most important sources to understanding the founding period and anybody who writes on this topic needs to go back through them. there's a great story of adams and jefferson having that fallout over the 1800 election, coming back late in life, dying on the same day. >> dying on the same day, if you made that up, nobody would accept it. a hollywood agent wouldn't put that in. a novel would say you can't do that. >> 50th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence, they both passed on july 4, 1826. adams' last words, jefferson still lives, and jefferson had died earlier the same day. >> remarkable. almost to the hour. >> again, you can'

the man is basically mark twain in a pair of harbor bay relaxed pants. he's hilarious.ut like a lot of great comedy voices, not everyone gets it. some have been posting tweets criticizing his joke-writing. he replied, i tweet for my amusement and your amazement, to haters, trolls, and humorless people, you really shouldn't follow me, it's way over your head. maybe he's right. maybe it is over our heads, maybe these jokes are great. he's a funny guy. look at this family christmas card. you know, you don't wear a shirt like this without wanting to make people laugh. so maybe what mike huckabee needs is a stronger presentation. jokes don't always have the same punch when you read them to yourself. so tonight we asked not just a professional comedian, a great comedian, to do some of mike huckab huckabee's twitter jokes, to bring them to life on the stage. that said, please welcome patton oswald, everyone! [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you, guys. thank you. thank you so much. thank you. wow, wow. thank you. boy, have you guys been watching the news lately? it's crazy. spe

their skeletons were still there when mark twain to the hike down there seven years later. off for aheir heads sacrifice. he got beaten on the beaches. normandy did not work. chuckled atome who his pretensions. he finally negotiated for hawaii. it was only after the establishment of a unified kingdom come i took some years -- unified kingdom, it took some years. -- theuestion is descendents of the missionaries who are in possession of the lands who helped tremendous responsibility toward environmental protection and taking care of the people, especially as a sugarcane industry dies out, the you have any thoughts on how to proceed? mr. haley: not really. book, once ithis realized what i got into, captive. i think to be twice as big as it is. it is not really a history of all of hawaii. this is how we got our hands on the place. i know there is a very active independent movement. but what the descendents of the missionary feel about it for all the damage that they caused to the society, i really cannot speak to that. several months after i finished the book, i got a surprise

it's an old industrial town in the american heartland, a brief stopping point for mark twain...r famous visitor. xijinping has friends here. he met them during an agricultural research trip as a young man 30 years ago, and returned for a reunion shortly before he became president. this is the house where he stayed? yes, and i think he had not home—stayed before. i'm certain he hadn't home—stayed before! and he ate around the breakfast table... the chinese leader got a taste of american life by staying with a local family. then, the bedroom was filled with star trek toys. now, the house has been turned into a museum aimed at promoting us—china ties. i think xijinping has great presence, and when he comes ino the room, shakes his hand, you know, i believe donald trump... well, i hate to say it this way — this is a guy i could make a deal with! we can't continue to allow china to rape our country... but donald trump's brand is bashing china, particularly on trade. they have taken ourjobs... could a dose of iowa hospitality fix that? ask the chinese businessman behind this museum pr

mark twain said, to a man with a ma'am hammer everything looks like a nail. apparently donald trump is a man with a twitter account, thinks the answer to everything is a bullying tweet. the problem is, just do the math here. you can only lose -- republicans in the house can only lose 22 votes to get everything passed, tax reform, infrastructure, debt ceiling. there are 33 members of the freedom caucus. again, do the math on this. how does this end well? unless donald trump thinks he's going to get democrats to bail him out and cooperate with him, he's basically picking exactly the wrong fight. first of all, because he needs the votes but also because this is going to divide the trump conservative base. it creates a real dilemma for the trump shils. what are the sean hannitys and rush limbaughs and laura ingrahams going to do now? they want to support trump but these are people and groups they have championed for years and years an years. so i also think that justin amash has come up with a very, very interests phrase. he talks about th the #trumpblishment, a

so all this does begin to sound as mark twain once said, "history may not repeat itself, but it dudsd an experience. he had governmental experience. he understood that. and i really think what's critical in my mind is we haven't seen this with president trump yet is does he understand how to use his own weaknesses? can he make his vices virtues? jackson knew that the world thought he was a crazy man. so once a delegation came to the white house during the bank crisis. they wanted relief. and he starts pounding on the table and he says, there's no money here. i'll hang you all. they all run out of the room. as the door shuts, he turns to his chief of staff and he says, "didn't i manage them well?" he knew how to use those weaknesses to become strengths. we just haven't seen that with president trump. >> dickerson: what about jackson's sense of himself? i was struck when steve bannon, the president trump's top aide talked about jackson. jackson pit himself in the constraints of the office. he recognized his limitation, that constraint. >> he was a jeff jeffersonian republican. jackson

and besides, their skeletons were still there when mark twain took a hike there seven years later. no heads though. they took the heads and put them in a sacrifice. he got beaten on the beaches once, a normandy that did not work, and there were people who chuckled at his pretensions for a long time, and he finally negotiated. it was only after the establishment of the unified kingdom, and it took some years before they did feel like the unified kingdom, it is quite true. >> essentially the descendents of these missionaries have a tremendous responsibility to environmental protection and taking care of the people, especially to have the sugar king industry in hawaii. you have any thoughts on how to proceed? >> not really. once i realized what i had "captives in paradise" news to betray's as big as it is. another is a very active and environmental movement. there is a very active independence movement. the what the descendents of the missionaries feel about it and how much no blessedly -- how oblige they may feel, i really can't speak to. i did get a surprise in the mail. i got a pur

as mark twain said, "the news of my death is greatly exaggerated."taking money out of heads funds -- hedge funds and putting them into the market. tom: what needs to reverse? prof. lo: a couple of things. the ratings to go above 0%. tom: where is the rate? prof. lo: that is the problem. tom: nobody knows that anchor, do they? prof. lo: no.at some point, they will get higher as the fed starts raising rates further. the other thing is the volatility has to come back. right now, we are at a low period of volatility. tom: professor case is going to step in here. bill sharp out of stanford, there is no beta, no other malarkey, just the risk-free weight. thisan anyone watching program, whether investment managers, investors, or a guy like steve case, how can they work in a suspicious fixed-income environment? it is challenging. having such a low rate will mean they wil be a lot more challenged. ltom: steve? thee: we were talking about problem of too much short termism, we need more long-term m.s how does this play into your thinking around adaptive markets

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it's the old mark twain quote, there's nothing so annoying as a good example. there is also quite is also quasi- market for control. we don't see the green mail buyouts in the corporate world. there are reasons for that because power is the currency of the realm in politics, once you give up power, you give, you give up the ability to write the rules. anything you are promised, there isn't third-party enforcement that those promises will be kept and we can point to examples like louis the 16th and that that were promised one thing and ended up getting another or charles the first. one of the two tables, this may seem incredibly simple, but let me just give you some fundamental conclusions. for as of the fall 2014, based on the categorization of democracies done by some noted political scientists, how long has the regime been in power? and transparency international headquartered out of germany has been developing a compendium of surveys, how much integrity is there in the public sector from none, zero to 100. it may seem pretty obvious, democracies with more ch

as mark twain said, the death of books is greatly exaggerated.book chains are closing, intimate bookstores are going strong. i met an impressive young lady whose job it is to make sure the trend continues. >> we're very excited. >> reporter: when lisa lucas talks about books, it seems like she's read every volume in the world. >> this is one of my favorites. >> reporter: as the execu she calls herself a cheerleader for literature. >> why do you think books need a cheerleader? >> i do tend to think books get short shrift but every single child who makes it to school rj gets a book, learns through book. we're a part of everyone's lives, and yet it seems like everyone's niche thing. just because it's also good for you doesn't mean it can't be great. >> reporter: lucas is the first woman andafter can american to lead the foundation that hands out the prestigious book awards. since 1950 they've honored some of the best, ralph faulkner, william faulkner, ralph ellison, the main goal is to promote the love of writing and that's why it's hired its younge

in it performs songs from the musical "west side story" and spoken word including works from mark twainoss release a recording in august. >> i like that. >> nothing he can't do. >> nothing wrong with that. dylan, thank you. >>> still ahead, we'll take you to san antonio, texas, where seaworld just welcomed a beautiful baby killer whale, but first, this is "today" on nbc. congressman macarthur promised to protect our health care. but when right-wing politicians tried to pass a disastrous health care repeal bill that raises costs and cuts coverage, macarthur wouldn't oppose them. macarthur wouldn't protect us from a bill that raises premiums and causes 24 million to lose their insurance. wouldn't oppose a massive "age tax" on people over 50. but supported a 600 billion tax break for the wealthy. tell tom macarthur - stop trying to repeal our health care. >>> there's a new addition to the seaworld family in san antonio texas and it's bringing a lot of joy to all those who work there. >> it's also bittersweet as it marks the end of an era for the park's breeding program. wep have the story.