. >> host: andrew aydin, nate powell. >> guest: nate powell is onenesg of the -- of his generation. he lives in bloomington now and he is an artist on this book. he is like a brother. we are sorry he is not here today but he is home, he has two little girls.. he has been on the road with us into ring and working as hard as anybody could. >> host: if a call from midland georgia, this is fred. hi fred. >> caller: how are you doing? john lewis i'm very proud of you and your life history. my question is and referencing your book because i have all three of your books why can't we have a book in today's world with all the resources we have and how the country is now motivated to do something about white and black and everyone. why can we have a march onev washington now? >> guest: i think the best launch that we can have right now in america is on electionel day, november the eighth two for all of us all over america, black and white, latino asian-american and native american, the young people to march to the polls. the vote is precious. it's almost sacred. it's the most powerful nonviol

[applause] and the winner goes to nate powell.cheering] [cheering] thank you. this is unreal. this is unbelievable. i grew up in rural alabama, very, very poor. i remember in 1956 when i was 16-years-old with some of my brothers and sisters and cousins going to the library trying to get library cards and were told that the libraries were whites only. and to come here and receive this award is too much. [cheering] thank you. [applause] but i had a wonderful teacher in elementary school who told me read, my child, agreed. and i tried to read everything. i loved books. thank you, andrew, nate, each and every one of you and the judges. thank you national book foundation. thank you so much. [cheering] this was an incredibly intense group effort. we couldn't have done this alone. thank you, friends, collaborators, lee walton, the engine that drove. thank you, chris, happy birthday. thank you everybody, my amazing wife whose sacrifices made my end of the deal attainable, my children and their generation will inherit. and a message to a c

has been gracious enough to come on this show with his co-author, andrew iden, and with artist, nate powell. the three of them have come here to this show, to be here with us, to launch each step in this trilogy of incredible graphic novels they have put out. and they really are breathtaking. they show and explain, i think, better than anything else i've ever come across, how john lewis and his fellow civil rights activists did when they did. how they won, how hard it was for them, personally, when they went through as individuals. i mean, on this show, we're, you know, blessed. we get to talk to important people, members of congress, right, all the time on this show. in fact, we get to talk to people who write books all the time. but when congressman lewis came to our show to make these announcements, it was a huge deal. john lewis is real-life, genuine superhero, the kind you usually see in comics. and to say that these books that he's done have been a hook is an absurd understatement. book one of march made its way to "the new york times" best seller list and stayed there for 47 weeks. 4

[applause] and the winner goes to nate powell.hank you. this is unreal. this is unbelievable. i grew up in rural alabama, very, very poor. i remember in 1956 when i was 16-years-old with some of my brothers and sisters and cousins going to the library trying to get library cards and were told that the libraries were whites only. and to come here and receive this award is too much. [cheering] thank you. [applause] but i had a wonderful teacher in elementary school who told me read, my child, agreed. and i tried to read everything. i loved books. thank you, andrew, nate, each and every one of you and the judges. thank you national book foundation. thank you so much. [cheering] this was an incredibly intense group effort. we couldn't have done this alone. thank you, friends, collaborators, lee walton, the engine that drove. thank you, chris, happy birthday. thank you everybody, my amazing wife whose sacrifices made my end of the deal attainable, my children and their generation will inherit. and a message to a challenge to our incomi

>> congratulations to congressman john lewis and andrew iden and nate powell. congratulations to everybody who read "march," including the approximately 14 gazillion of you to whom i sent the book and demanded you must read. john lewis, national book award recipient. best new thing in the world. now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> rachel, let me check on my volume here. something's got to be wrong. i heard you say, you sent the book to 14 zillion people, right? >> i was rounding down, so my accountant wouldn't hear me, yes. >> i don't -- i don't seem to have it anywhere here. rachel, i'm a floor away. i just -- >> i'll hook you up. i will hook you up. >> all right. so i didn't mishear, it was 14 zillion and i wasn't one of the 14 zillion. >> i will hook you up, before i le leave the building tonight. >> thank you, rachel. >> thank you, lawrence. >> well, mitt romney called donald trump a phony and a fraud and now mitt romney has been called to trump tower to meet with the man himself about the possibility of him being his secretary of