bacall, tony-award winning actress, national book award winning author, friend of the kennedys and one of last survivors of hollywood's studio age. >> you know how to whistle, don't you, steve? you just put your lips together and blow. >> who doesn't know that? in to have and have not that young husky voice bacall delivered one of the most memorable lines to humphrey bogart. their marriage led to three more collaborations, before bogart's death. bacall said in a recent interview, their lives will always be intertwined. >> they just lit up the screen together and fell in love on camera. they fell in live while making the movie. and audiences responded tremendously to this. >> last night fans flocked to they are star on the walk of fame, many left flowers and notes. earned a tony in '71 for sftage work, later nominated for "mirror has two faces" in supporting role. nbcbayarea.com, go to home page, find out more about their lives and careers and how fans are remembering their legacies. >> boy, was she a classic. i remember interviewing her, she said, hello, laura, awesome. >>> microclimat

been a macarthur fellow, the state poet of vermont, and a winner of the pulitzer prize and the national book award"a poem expresses one's most private feelings," he says, "and these turn out to be the feelings of everyone else as well." for i can snore like a bullhorn or play loud music or sit up talking with any reasonably sober irishman, and fergus will only sink deeper into his dreamless sleep, which goes by all in one flash. but let there be that heavy breathing or a stifled come cry anywhere in the house and he will wrench himself awake and make for it on the run. as now, we lie together, after making love, quiet, touching along the length of our bodies, familiar touch of the long-married, and he appears in his baseball pajamas, it happens, the neck opening so small he has to screw them on, and flops down between us and hugs us and snuggles himself to sleep, his face gleaming with satisfaction at being this very child. in the half darkness we look at each other and smile and touch arms across this little, startlingly muscled body, this one whom habit of memory propels to the ground of his mak

i'm going to be a best-selling novelist and win the national book award.oing to be a marine biologist. wait! i take mine back. i'm going to be a biomedical engineer. i think i'll be the president. i'm going to be secretary of state. world-class chef right here. race-car driver. artist. paleontologist. film director. surgeon. teacher. scientist. olympian. i'm going to be the boss. i'm going to change the world. >> it was awesome, and i loved seeing the dolphins. they are, like, awesome. >> we're at the national aquarium in baltimore, home to some very cool atlantic bottlenose dolphins. now, they seem friendly 'cause they look like they're smiling. are they? >> well, that's actually one of the most deceptive things about them, that they're always smiling because of the way their mouth is shaped. they can be friendly, but the thing is it takes really a lot of time to develop a bond with them. that's why the only time you should try to touch a dolphin is in a supervised program like the dolphin encounter here at the aquarium. >> and now we're gonna go ahead an

bacall was a tony award-winning actress, a national book-award winning author, a friend of the kennedys, and one of the last survivors of hollywood's studio age. >> you know how to whistle, don't you, steve? you just put your lips together and blow. >> that is "to have and have not." that young husky voice, bacall delivered probably the most memorable line in movie history to humphrey bogart. a year later, they married in real life. bacall said in a recent interview, their lives will always be intertwined. >> they just lit up the screen together and fell in love on camera. they fell in love while making the movie. and audiences responded tremendously to this. >> last night, fans flocked to her star on the walk of fame, many leaving flowers and notes. she earned a tony award in 1971 for her stage work, and later nominated for a supporting role in "the mirror has two faces." we have lots of coverage of both deaths of bacall and williams on our website, nbcbayarea.com. go to the home page and you can learn more about their lives and careers and how fans are remembering their legacies. >>>

the first won the national book award. she came on this program four times.e are some moments from those conversations. >> when i was a kid, i always wanted to play actor. i wanted to perform. i wanted to be on the stage. needed seems to me, it to be a total part of my being. no member of my family ever came even close to performing arts. >> where do you put up laws in the things you could have done in your career? at the very top? obviously "to have and have not " for so many other reasons, but applause was something i thought i could do. >> if people want the friendship of betty bacall, they have to know what about you? >> they have to know how outrageous i am. [laughter] >> what does that mean? >> i believe that without laughter, there is no point at all. i think everything is a joke. that doesn't sit well with everybody. there are a lot of humorless people in the world that i don't want to know them. i can't imagine being a friend of anyone who has no humor. have a sense of humor and not take yourself seriously. you have to take your work seriously but no

would she married in 1975 and received an honorary academy award and two tone awards and a national book awardore her ought biography. show was 89. >> another police shooting in federal government son, missouri, where continues between the police and the community have been running high. police say the officers responded to a 9-1-1 call of four masked men carrying shotguns. miss say one of the men pointed a handgun at the officer and the officer fired. the suspect is in critical condition and protesters have been clashing where miss each night since the officer shot and killed an unarmed black seen on -- black teen on saturday. >>> a controversial sex education textbook will be shelved "your health today," nor 9th grade health. the sexual health chapter contained inappropriately police it discretions of sexual activities. if it is put on hold, teachers will use land year's book instead. the administration has been in touch with the publisher who offered to modify the textbook and dress parent concerned. >> a tunnel that brings water from the reservoir to millions of residents is at risk of col

john steinbeck's "the grapes of wrath" published by viking press won the national book award and the pulitzer prize. somewhat less conspicuously and unabridged edition of mein kampf appeared for the first time in english. bonhoeffer could not summon the sense of optimism and its venture and wonder that had accompanied his last sojourn in new york. the hard lessons of the previous years had brought him closer to realism and harlem which he had once loved was no longer on his mind. at the world's fair his heart sank to see the temple of religion where under an enormous tent christians and jewish were preaching as if in a circus act. he arrived at union theological seminary in the middle of the summer vacation on the first day of a heatwave. the brick and limestone fortress brawling between broadway and claremont on the city's upper east side was a world away from the rustic estate where think involve a head's not too long ago flourished even further from the modest parish houses of the collective pastorate. bonhoeffer unpacked his bags and a room for visiting scholars, the profits cham

bacall was a tony-award winning actress, national book award winner, friend of the kennedys, one of the last survivors of hollywood's studio age. >> you know how to whistle, don't you, steve? you just put your lips together and blow. >> who does not know that line? "to have and have not," a young, husky voiced bacall delivered what is possibly the most memorable line in movie history to humphrey bogart. a year later they married in real life. marriage led to three more movie collaborations before bogart's death. bacall acknowledged their two lives will always be intertwined. >> they just lit up the screen together and fell in love on camera. they fell in love while making the movie. and audiences responded tremendously to this. >> last night, fans flocked to her star on the walk of fame, many leaving flowers and notes for the actress. bacall earned her tony award in 1971. later nominated for supporting role in "the mirror has two faces." we have extensive coverage of death of lauren bacall on nbcbayarea.com. go to home page, learn more about her acareer and life and how fans are remembe

you all know good lord bird that within the national book award this year. i haven't taught it yet but i have a number of former students reading it and getting in touch saying it is one that ought to be taught. it's been optioned and is going to be made into a film. might be the next film on slavery. it's a 12-year-old boy disguised as a girl taken in by john brown in kansas and follows him all the way through. we see harper's ferry and meetings with douglass through the eyes of this 12-year-old boy, will smith's son is going to play it on the screen so it is going to get done. it is interesting. what they choose to option, take a fictional book and sort of a parody, almost looks like more in the line of jango more than 12 years a slave. interesting to see what they'll do with john brown on film. >> i hate to disagree with you, anthony, but i think if we brought film makers in to hear our panels to hear people talk and promote their views and scholarship don't you think there's a lot of disagreement among people of interpretations? i am taking this seriousl

. >> reporter: bacall even won a national book award, for her 1980 memoir, "by myself," in which sheailed her romance with bogart and hollywood rise. she continued to apprear on television and in films. and earned an oscar nomination for her role as a vain, imposing mother to barbara streisand in the 1996 film "the mirror has two faces." >> it's an awful thing to look back on your life and realize that you've settled. the problem was that i always thought that i had more time. >> reporter: she was given an honorary oscar in 2009, and spoke of that very first role. >> i've been very lucky in my life. probably luckier than i deserve but to at the age of 19, have been chosen by howard hawks to work on a film with a man named humphrey bogart. and he gave me a life and he changed my life. >> reporter: lauren bacall died yesterday at a hospital in new york city. she was 89. ann hornaday is a film critic for the washington post and joins me now. >>> what's interesting about that first performance for me is it seems to start with a kind of hollywood construct, that famous director howard haw

tony-award winning actress, national book award winning author, friend of the kennedys and one of lastrvivors of hollywood's golden age. >> you know how to whistle, don't you, steve? you just put your lips together and blow. >> name the movie? "to have and have not." bacall delivered the most memorable line in movie history to humphrey bogart. a year later they would mary. they made three more movies before his death, including "dark passage" filmed in the bay area. fans flocked to her star, many leaving flowers and notes for the actress. bacall earned a tony award in '71, later nominated for supporting role in "the mirror has two faces." such a certain air about her. i got a chance to interview her years ago. to hear her voice, hello, laura. can you say that again? >> what a classic. >> it was an honor. i'm a big fan of the silent -- the golden age, early years. time to check the forecast, peek outside at san jose and microclimate. lots of kids headed back to school, donning uniforms. >> layered look. >> done matter what you say. jacket or not if they've got something to show, they're

our next guest is an acclaimed author who's debut novel in 2007 was a finalist for the national book awardus man booker prize. his latest novel "to rise again at a decent hour" is in stores now. please welcome joshua ferris. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: thank you so much for being here. >> thanks for having me on. >> seth: uh, your main character is a dentist. i feel as though there aren't a lot of dentists in literature. there's not a lot of great dentist novels. what made you make him a dentist. >> it doesn't scream drama. >> seth: it really doesn't. >> you know, i really like dentists. i think i'm strange for this, but i find them fascinating people. >> seth: gotcha. [ laughter ] >> you know, most people i think -- most people think dentists are unhappy. but i have never met an unhappy dentist. >> seth: you think they're just happy people? >> well, there is this myth -- i don't know if it's a myth or not that they are the professionals most likely to commit suicide. >> seth: well, that seems to counter what you just told me. [ laughter ] >> exactly. and that's what i can't get ove

series of biographies and the author of "the life of an american poet" which was nominated for a national book award. in addition to his memoir, "my life in the middle ages," he has written for "the new york times," "vanity fair" and many other publications. and so please join me in welcoming sylvia morris and james atlas for what promises to be a fascinating conversation. thank you. [applause] >> so we must actually use these? i feel like a crooner, like frank sinatra. [laughter] i, first of all, forgive my, this gauche gesture, but my printer broke just before i came here with all my notes, so i've had to put them on my phone. [laughter] so i'm just going to be glancing at my phone, and i'm of the generation that doesn't understand how anything works. [laughter] but it's all in my head anyway. the first sentence, though, i was going to begin by saying that i have known clare for decades. now, what is wrong with this sentence? [laughter] it's -- and i couldn't stop doing it either, i don't know if you notice. always the last few weeks clare this and clare that, and i finally realized it's because s

the first called lauren bacall by myself won the national book award. she came on this program four times. here are some moments from those considerations. >> when i was a kid i always wanted to play act. i always wanted to, so it never, i wanted to perform. i wanted to be on the stage. and. >> it just seemed to be a part of pie being. and to the because it was ever in my family. no member of my family ever came even close to the performing arts. >> where do you put applause in the things that you have done in your career, at the top, the very top. >> oh, very top. nothing -- >> well, i think obviously to have a-- for so many other reasons, but applause was something that i feltz i could do. and i did it. >> if people want the friendship of bette bacall, they have to know what about you. >> well, they have to know how outrageous i am. they have to know-- . >> rose: what does that mean? >> well, i believe that without laughter, there is no point at all. so i think everything is a joke. >> rose: yeah. >> so that doesn't set well with everybody, you know.

you all know good lord bird that within the national book award this year.en't taught it yet but i have a number of former students reading it and getting in touch saying it is one that ought to be taught. it's been optioned and is going to be made into a film. might be the next film on slavery. it's a 12-year-old boy disguised as a girl taken in by john brown in kansas and follows him all the way through. we see harper's ferry and meetings with douglass through the eyes of this 12-year-old boy, will smith's son is going to play it on the screen so it is going to get done. it is interesting. what they choose to option, take a fictional book and sort of a parody, almost looks like more in the line of jango more than 12 years a slave. interesting to see what they'll do with john brown on film. >> i hate to disagree with you, anthony, but i think if we brought film makers in to hear our panels to hear people talk and promote their views and scholarship don't you think there's a lot of disagreement among people of interpretations? i am taking this seriously. whe

that won the national book award this past year.i had a number of former students reading it and getting in touch. it has been auctioned. it may be the next film we have. it is a 12-year-old boy disguised as a girl taken in by john brown in kansas and follows them all the way through. we see harpers ferry and stephen eyes of hisugh the 12-year-old boy. will smith's son is going to play it on the screen. it will be done. it is interesting what they choose to auction. it is a parody of work that looks like it will more of the unchained."gnngo it will be interesting to see what they do. >> i hate to disagree but i if we brought filmmakers and to hear our panel, to hear people talk, to hear their think there isu a lot of disagreement among people? i am saying that seriously. you,the phone makers call they do not want that is derogatory -- the history. they will reject the caller -- the scholar dennis and give them what they want. engagingant -- they in their own terms. >> of someone like steve mcqueen has this idea, he put it all togeth

"good lord bird" that won the national book award this past year.i have not taught it yet but i had a number of former students reading it and getting in touch. it has been auctioned. it may be the next film we have on slavery. it is a 12-year-old boy disguised as a girl, taken in by john brown in kansas and follows them all the way through. we see harpers ferry and stephen douglas through the eyes of this 12-year-old boy. will smith's son is going to play it on the screen. it is going to get done. it is interesting what they choose to option. it is a parody work that looks like it will more in the line of "django unchained." it will be interesting to see what they do with john brown on film.. >> i hate to disagree but i think if we brought filmmakers to hear our panels, to hear people talk, to hear them promote their views, don't you think there is a lot of disagreement among people? i am saying that seriously. when the filmmakers call you, they do not want the history. they will reject the scholar who doesn't give them what they want. >> that is r

it's going to win a national book award, i think. i picked -- so many people were talking about it. gave it what i called the test. also talked about "writing 'blue highways'." the test is simple. read the first paragraph and then skip through the book and read at random other pages in there, and usually not dialogue. read something else. so i read the first paragraph. and in the first sentence, there were two howlers, two dangling modifiers of the kind in, which walking down the street, the empire state building looked beautiful. i have been to the top and bottom of the empire state building and have yet to find any legs on it, but this writer put that in it a dangling modifier a really serious error and i suppose not. it can cause miscommunication, but what it says to me is that here's a writer who really didn't care that much about craft, and i can't read anything more if i think the writer doesn't respect craft. i see it all over the place in all the arts. listen to music, you name the genre and i can see people really, i think, are not respecting craft the way we used to. defin

. >> she wrote a book, which was a memoir, and she -- i think it was a national book award, won a big> yeah and candidate and honest and observational. >> as always nice to see those clips of you, charlie. >> how old am i? >> and a michigan traffic officer thought the woman he pulled over was trying to get out of a ticket but he didn't know he would end up saving her life. >> are you choking? >> are you all right? >> get out of the car. >> the officer stopped a woman this woman that ran a red light and turns out the driver was choking on a piece of sausage. he got her out of the car and started to do the heimlich maneuver and it's caught on his dash cam and many called him a hero for his action. >> she thanked me when she calmed down a little bit. >> the officer said it was the first time in his career that he had to perform the heimlich. >> that's incredible. >> people say when they do something great like that i did what i was supposed to. >>> prince harry announced the english team competing in the the games, in an olympic-style games for wounded warriors. it will be held in london

her book facts about the moon was a finalist for the national book critics circle award. "dust."ne spoke to me last night, told me the truth. just a few words, but i recognized it. i knew i should make myself get up, write it down, but it was late, and i was exhausted from working all day in the garden, moving rocks. now, i remember only the flavor-- not like food, sweet or sharp. more like a fine powder, like dust. and i wasn't elated or frightened, but simply rapt, aware. that's how it is sometimes-- god comes to your window, all bright light and black wings, and you're just too tired to open it. (applause) >> hello and welcome to "global 3000." more and more knowledge is being stored online. today, we look at the opportunities and risks of making the web our main reference point for all sorts of information. here is what we have coming up: media companies adjust to the internet age. pr offensive -- how wikipedia's entries are manipulated. and peru's precious potatoes, preserving the true gold of the incas. the internet has completely transformed the way

you all know good lord bird that within the national book award this year.haven't taught it yet but i have a number of former students reading it and getting in touch saying it is one that ought to be taught. it's been optioned. apparently it's being made into a film. might be the next film on slavery. it's a 12-year-old boy disguised as a girl taken in by john brown in kansas and follows him all the way through. we see harper's ferry and meetings with douglass through the eyes of this 12-year-old the eyes of this 12-year-old boy will smith's son is going to play it on the screen, so it is going to get done. it is interesting. what they choose to option, take a fictional book and sort of a parody, almost looks like more in the line of "jango" more than "12 years a slave." interesting to see what they'll do with john brown on film. >> i hate to disagree with you, anthony, but i think if we brought filmmakers in to hear our panels to hear people talk and promote their views and scholarship, don't you think there's a lot of disagreement among people of interpre

book "state of war." we are pleased he could be with us today. the national press club presented him an award in 2012 for his career supporting material the government would prefer to keep from public view. from surveillance to the botched

joanne pulled that trigger in research for her book, affairs of honor national politics in the new republic which won the best book?u award from the sociy of historians of the early american republic. it also received high praise from her peers. joseph ellis called that book, quote/unquote, a landmark work. when her edited volume alexander hamilton writings appeared atlantic monthly ranked it one of the best books of the year. that's just a sampling of her would be. she has numerous articles in peer review journals. op-ed pieces in "the new york times" and a appeared in a host of documentaries on pbs and the history channel and a number of radio programs including the bbc and npr. lectures at the smithsonian, library of congress, the treasury department and colonial williamsburg. and recently she assisted the hamilton grange when it re-opened here in new york. so it's no wonder that joanne was ranked as one of the nation's top young historians. in conclusion i quote words from 212 years are go. quote/unquote, it's my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be. that's good advice for a historian and joanne

book tv, television for serious readers. >> on monday, president obama and first lady michelle obama awarded the 2013 national medal of arts and national humanities medal in a ceremony at the white house. among the recipients, dreamworks ceo jeffrey katzenberg, writer maxine hong kingston and singer linda ronstadt. musicooklyn academy of and the american antiquarian society. historians, architects and filmmakers were also honored. this is 30 minutes. >> laden gentlemen, the president of the united states and the first lady. [applause] >> hello. hey. thank you so much. thank you. thank you, everybody. please have a seat. welcome to the white house. it has been 200 years since dolly madison saved to the portrait of george washington from angs in this room advancing british army. i guess you could say that the white house has always supported the arts. [laughter] i'm glad to say that michelle has never had to save any paintings that i know of from bo or otherwise. we do believe in celebrating extraordinarily talented americans and their achievements in the arts and in the humanities. jane chu andnk pro-adams. th

of the things that's very intentional and excellent about this book is these are not guys who have received the highest awards this nation can be stow, but when you read what they've done, you wonder what then does it take if these guys aren't getting to? and that was one of the first things i responded to when you tell these stories. and then to get into the medal of honor itself, and i want to transition that a bit be, because that's certainly one way to elevate it. overgot only 16 -- you've got only 16 of this generation and only four in iraq, all posthumous. why so few medals of honor, and do you think that also has to do with the political aspect? >> i certainly think it does. the pentagon, as we were talking about earlier with, the pentagon has certain technical requirements, and some of those are difficult in conflicts that we're in right now in terms of were there ieds and men and women are doing incredible things that may not quite qualify, you know, the technical requirements because you need to have, you know, combat fire, fire from combatants and that sort of thing. but i also think there was a concern about,

book "state of war." we are pleased he could be with us today. the national press club presented him an award in 2012 for his career supporting material the government would prefer to keep from public view. from surveillance to the botched attempt to give iran weapons and for resisting government attempts for revealing his confidential sources. i am proud that the national press club, through its act of freedom of the press committee, has continued to support him, as well as today's petition. i would like to introduce norman solomon, executive director of the institute for public accuracy. he is the author of a dozen books on media and public policy and is a recipient of the annual award as well as the george orwell award. mr. solomon has coordinating the campaign in support of james risen. mr. solomon? [applause] >> thank you. here we are in the edward r. murrow room, because it was 60 years ago that in a most well-known and well-remembered tv broadcast, murrow said we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. he said that at a time when it was essential for journalists to step f

leading historians hailed by the nation magazine as the hyper caffeinated herat of those of the american century pearlstein is the award winning author of a series of books on the birth of modern american conservatism is newest book the invisible bridge the fall of nixon of the rise of reagan chronicles the tumultuous period from nine hundred seventy three to nine hundred seventy six that saw a president resign a divisive war and some would say disastrously and an actor turned governor of california become the face of the republican party for christine joins us now from new york city. hi tom it's great to be here i've been listening. and chicago critical thank you greg it's great to have you with us i love your work i love your book on goldwater and particularly the. i'd like to start with you what got you interested in being a historian in the history of america. it was at sea here i think well the eighty's were so boring you know the past was certainly more interesting the sixty's was certainly more interesting i mean i have to tell you this i used to go to this used bookstore in milwaukee it was five stories tall the basement was all magazines it was

book tv, tel tells. >>> recently at the white house, president obama and first lady michelle obama awarded the national arts and humanities medal. among the recipient were catsen berg, singer linda ronstadt, diam ream, the brook ling academy of music and the ant conveyorian associate. ♪ [ applause ] >> hello, everybody. thank you, everybody. please have a seat. well, welcome to the white house. it has been 200 years since dolly madison saved the portrait of george washington that hangs in this room from an advancing british army. so i guess you can say the white house has always supported the arts. i'm glad to say michelle has never had to save any paintings, that i know of, from bo or otherwise and in the humanities. >>> and i want to thank members of congress, including a great champion of the arts, nancy pelosi, for joining us this afternoon. the late grate maya ainge lieu said a birr doesn't sing because it has an answer. it sings because it has a song. each of the men and women we honor today has a song, literally in some cases. for others it's a talent or a drive or a passion that they just had t

book "state of war." we are pleased he could be with us today. the national press club presented him an award in 2012 for his career supporting material the government would prefer to keep from public view. from surveillance to the botched attempt to give iran weapons and for resisting government attempts for revealing his confidential sources. i am proud that the national press club, through its act of freedom of the press committee, has continued to support him, as well as today's petition. i would like to introduce norman solomon, executive director of the institute for public accuracy. he is the author of a dozen books on media and public policy and is a recipient of the annual award as well as the george orwell award. mr. solomon has coordinating the campaign in support of james risen. mr. solomon? [applause] >> thank you. here we are in the edward r. murrow room, because it was 60 years ago that in a most well-known and well-remembered tv broadcast, murrow said we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. he said that at a time when it was essential for journalists to step f

book state of war. we are pleased and honored that james rizon who is still under threat of prison is with us today. the national press club presented him its domestic freedom of the press award in 2012 for a career of reporting material the government would prefer to keep from public view. warrantless surveillance to the botched program to give iran flawed nuclear weapons designs. he was also honored for resisting government attempts to get it to reveal his confidential sources. that the national press club through its active freedom of the press committee under the leadership of john donnelly has continued to him as well as today's petition. i would like to introduce norman of rootscofounder action.org. executive director of the institute for public accuracy. he is the author of a dozen books on media and public policy and is a recipient of the annual ruben salazar journalism award as well as the george orwell award. has been cordoning the petition campaign in support n. mr. sullivan. [applause] thank you. in the morale room. i think it is fitting because it was 60 years ago that in perhaps his most well-known and well remembered tv broadcast, edgar -- edward r. murrow said