he is out with a new memoir. this past weekend, the book made its debut on "the new york times" best seller list. we are glad you could join us. >> all i know is his name is james and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide supports tavis smiley. we are proud to join tapas in supporting educational literacy it -- to join tavis in supporting educational literacy. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> pleased to welcome dick van dyke back to the program. the comedy legend is celebrating 60 plus years in show business with a new memoir, already a "the new york times" bestseller. we will get to the wonderful stories in the text, but first, a small sampling of his economic work. >> 0h, rob. >> i would be thinking exactly what you are thinking. >> darling. oh, ro

conversation with former baseball executive bill white, five-time all-star and broadcast , he's out with a new memoir about his time in baseball, it's called "uppity," the book details his time in the game and the racial tension he faced in the turbulent civil rights era. also, morgan spurlock is here. the man behind projects like "supersize me" and "freakonomics" is out with a new project called "the greatest mue sold." that's coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james and he needs extra help whiz reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference. >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley, with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is happy to join with tavis to work with improving financial literacy and boost economic empowerment with every conversation. nationwide son your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] >> bill white was a five-time baseball all-star before his longtime career as a broadcaster and ev

she has a new memoir on her life called "if you ask me (and of course you won't)." here is a scene from her latest series, "caught in cleveland." -- "hot in cleveland." >> so what are you, like, 100? >> are you that girl on that show? >> yes. are you a fan? >> no. when it was canceled, i said good riddance. but i do like the one with susan lucci. >> does anyone else smell pot? >> what are you, a cop? >> no. >> then what is it to you? tavis: you are just ripping off the one-liners. and we have a good time on that show. -- >> we have a good time on that show. tavis: tell me how you develop such great comedic timing? >> i was an only child, my mother and father, and there was not a straight man in the house, and i mean that in the nicest way. they were fun and we would laugh and a lot. my dad would bring home stories and jokes. he would say, and " sweetheart, you can take that to school. i would not take that to school." tavis: this started early at the home. >> yep. tavis: we were talking before we came on the air, and i said how much i like the title of the book. it

. >>> and matt lauer sits down with steven tyler to talk about his revealing new memoir. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

♪ hey, ja-ja-jaded >> reporter: but as he writes in his new memoir, perhaps the most influential ande perry. the two were nicknamed the "toxic twins" for their drug-fueled battles on stage and off. here's what you write in the book about joe perry -- "we're polar twins. we're total opposites. joe's cool. freon runs in his veins. i'm hot, hot-blooded, shooting off my mouth. joe's a creep. i'm an [ bleep ]." you mean that in the nicest way, i would imagine. >> i don't mean that in a bad way. >> is it fair to say that you two have spent as much time fighting over the course of your time together as loving each other? >> well, you see, he plays guitar and he plays it in such a way where i'm addicted to it. he's aerosmith. if he goes -- ♪ i go -- ♪ love in an elevator so it's magic. what, am i going to fight it? >> you write in the book about lsd. >> mm-hmm. >> and this is not the drug? >> oh, no. >> no. lsd is? >> lead singer disorder. >> and you had it, right? >> well, i think we all do, as lead singers, right? i mean, we front the band. so, therefore, why don't they listen to us? we kn

today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org tavis: join me next time with dick van dyke on his new memoirime. we will see you then. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> be more. ♪ >> be more.

his new memoir is titled "american outlaw." >> i'm a firm believer that everything in life comes goodbad to teach us some kind of lesson. a marriage ending. all this crazy stuff. that was, like, a lesson to work on myself and fix what's wrong with me. >> reporter: he told us that these days, life is simple. he's a full-time dad. spends his days learning blacksmithing. he's also co-owner of the austin speed shop, restoring vintage cars, mentoring young mechanics. you can't do it with the bearing press here? >> reporter: this is like you getting back to the old days. >>> don't need billions of dollars and i don't need, you know, licensing deals and all this other stuff. all i need is my welding helmet, a box full of welding rod and something to make and i'm, like, in heaven. >> reporter: he says he plans to marry kat von d this summer. >> she's like 100% the first woman that i've ever trusted. >> reporter: are you going to be faithful? do you think you can? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: is that the new jesse, the old jesse? >> that's definitely the new jesse. >> reporter: you feel like, as

today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org tavis: join me next time with dick van dyke on his new memoirime. we will see you then. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> be more. ♪ >> be more. isn't that great? where did you get it from? i got it from a charity shop just down the road. very period, isn't it? i would think that's, what? mid 1950s, something like that? it's got the maker's name there, "thorens," who were quite a well-known maker at the time. "riviera" is the style. and you press, presumably, the red button, is it? - yeah. - and there we are. and it goes in the black button to stop. and it's nice that it's got

he's out with a new memoir about his unique and unlikely journey. it's called "ice, a memoir." of gangster life and redemption. from south central to hollywood. he joins us tonight from new york. ice-t, good to have you back on the program, brother. >> hey, good to hear from you, tavis. yeah, man. it's an honor. tavis: i think most people as i mentioned a moment ago, most of you -- of us know you as a west copy rapper and in the memoir it didn't start on the west coast. not too far from where you are tonight, in newark, new jersey. >> yeah, i was born in newark, new jersey. raised in summit, new jersey. my mother passed when i was in the third grade. my father when i was in the seventh. and that's when i was shipped to los angeles to live with an aunt. and that's where the story most people are familiar with begins. tavis: that doesn't sound like ice-t. that sounds like will smith the fresh prince. >> oh, no, absolutely. i lived in a nice middle class household. and even when i moved to l.a., my aunt was a social worker. we lived in an area called view park. it wasn't that bad.

>>> from her kidnapping to her rescue, jaycee dugard is sharing the details of her ordeal in a new memoir. the book "a stolen life" tells of her abduction, life with phillip and nancy garrido and how she feels since she was rescued. the couple pled guilty of kidnapping her from outside her lake tahoe home in 1991 when she was 11 and holding her captive. the book as well as an audio book read by dugard go on sale in july. >>> stolen mail has led to a slew of charges against people there in santa clara county. police arrested heather black barn, and two others on thursday. they say it was an off-duty police officer who spotted one of the women taking mail from the mailboxes. he then saw her get inside a car with santiago and morales. officers searched the car and say they found stolen mail as well as age legal weapon and burglary tools. they also found psychedelic mushrooms which police think the suspects planned to sell. >>> imagine five weeks without mail service. it's what one neighborhood is dealing with in southern california. dave lopez on why the post office cut off an entire block b

creating a war under false pretenses and then this explains perfectly we see from donald rumsfeld's new memoirs where he says he claims i'm not sure we can trust him but he says he couldn't figure out why bush kept pushing him to look at iraq when they wanted to look at afghanistan so bush clearly had this on his mind and it's so you know staggeringly cynical and again i mean for the failure of the american media to tell this story to the american people the real reason that we're in those places it's a huge issue it is it truly is ross baker thanks for the great investigative reporting you've been doing for being on the program with us tonight thank you tom in the last ten years of his life was home in la one from a religious nut millionaire with a few thousand loosely connected followers and shared his vision to take down america to an immortal icon arch enemy of the world's mightiest empire all thanks to one lucky attack on a fateful september day and a corrupt response planned by the george w. bush white house to leverage that attack into political capital bin laden is dead today paid the u

this is his new memoir called "not dead and not for sale."d is here, with music from the bud light stage. he's doing a depeche mode song. next week on the show, taylor lautner will be here, he's very handsome. wanda sykes is with us, mike tyson will pay a visit to promote "the hangover 2," our new "bachelorette," ashley hebert, from "modern family," jesse tyler ferguson, author sarah vowell, the winner of "dancing with the stars," christina aguilera and we'll have music from foster the people, big sean, maybach music group featuring rick ross, and britney spears. so join us next week for all of that. our first guest tonight has more than 3 million people following her on twitter and at least half of that following her with cameras pretty much everywhere she goes. you can share in her marital bliss on "khloe & lamar." watch it sunday nights at 10:00 on e! please welcome khloe kardashian odom. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you look great. >> why thank you. >> jimmy: you are already tall and you made yours even taller with those shoes. >> wh

his new memoir, "rubber balls and liquor" is in stores now.e ] thank you, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] thank you, yeah. what and entrance. thank you so much. >> yes. >> jimmy: thank you so much. >> yes i was -- this is very exciting to be sitting next to the guy who starred in "taxi." [ laughter ] yeah. >> jimmy: it was a great book. >> fine, you know, if that that picture was any worse, i would have been in it. [ laughter ] that's how -- >> jimmy: that's not good. >> yeah, i know. >> jimmy: thank you for being on this program. >> yes, and i dressed up as -- see, last time that we met it was backstage at some kind of a benefit and i, of course, dressed myself like an idiot, so everything was all wrong and you look at me and went -- "oh, can i fix that for you?" and then you -- we were standing together and you were like, fixing my tie -- >> jimmy: yes. >> -- like this. with our faces together -- >> jimmy: we were never that close, ever. you're making things up. >> it was the gayest moment in my life. [ laughter ] >>

. >>> aerosmith front man and "american idol" judge steven tyler is out with a new memoir. and he's talking about his use of drugs in the past. >> in the book, does the noise in my head bother you, tyler writes, he spent more than $20 million on drugs over his career. tyler has been in and out of eight rehab facilities but says he is sober now. he sat down with matt lauer and explained paving a new relationship with his two eldest daughters has not been easy. >> they took my children away, took my life away, took my band away, took my marriages away and i was on my knees. ♪ don't want to close my eyes >> tyler has been sober for a year and a half. even he says he's lucky to be alive. >> you write in the book, you're 63 years old, and it took you until the age of 60 to realize you didn't know anything. and that's okay. >> oh, yeah. and that's the best part of not knowing something. when you realize it's okay, that's when you reap the rewards. >> and it's quo ngo coincidence that tyler's upcoming sing cell called "it feels so good." >> you are having a blast, aren't you? >> s

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his new memoir, "ice," is in stores right now. please welcome ice-t!od to see you again. >> what's up, man? >> jimmy: how you doing, buddy? thanks for coming back. >> congratulations. i was here kind of early, right? >> jimmy: you were, like, first year. yeah, you're one of our first guests. >> see, and we doing big things now. >> jimmy: see. that's right. thank you for coming back. congratulations on this book. you're getting crazy good reviews. >> yeah, it was amazing. "new york times," i was worried about getting reviews. in books, it's different than records, and it's almost like they wrote me a love letter. >> jimmy: yeah. >> they really enjoyed the book. i was very happy. it would suck if you wrote a book about your life, and everyone hated it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's true because it's not a made up story. it's like this actually happened. >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: yeah, it is -- it is wild. are you -- are you doing a bunch of book signings for this? >> mm-hmm. >> jimmy: what are the fans like? is that -- is it more "law & order" -- or is it

>>> from her kidnapping to her rescue, jaycee dugard is sharing the details of her ordeal in a new memoir. the book, stolen life, tells of her abduction when she was 11 years old. the years spent with her kidnappers and how she feels since she has been rescued. the book goes on sale in july. >>> we enjoyed a gorgeous day yesterday and today's going to be a beautiful one, as well. and a nice day to savor before we see big changes in our forecast. outside right now this beautiful shot from the roof cam, sun is up, clear skies in the inland spots around the bay. we are going to see fog at the coast but overall, gorgeous day to get outside. out the door today, temperatures in the 40s and 50s, a little bit of patchy fog along the coastline. and then this afternoon, temperatures creeping up into the high 70s inland. cooler at the coast. we'll see fog this afternoon. that area of high pressure temporarily building in and that's going to keep temperatures warm today but then this area of low pressure will drop in bringing us cooler weather over the next several days so definitely get out and savo

he put it all in his new memoir "american outlaw." is the book going to redeem your image? >> i didn't write the book to make myself look better. i wrote it just the truth. >> reporter: and he has a new love kat von d. a friend for many years. a star of tlc's "l.a. ink." do you think it was hurtful awe at all to sandra that you moved on so quickly? >> i can't worry about her anymore, you know? i think i have spent a good chunk of the last five, six years worries only about her and what she thinks and what i should do and like you know, controlling all my movements and everything else. and i don't think -- i think it's time to worry about jesse and making suriese's squleep he says he and kat plan to marry this summer. you are going to be faithful. >> yes. >> reporter: do you think you can. >> yes. >> reporter: mentoring young mechanics as co-owner of the austin speed shop. >> all i snead my welding helmet, a box full of welding rod and something to make and i'm like in heaven. >> reporter: he's still jesse james but a more mellow jesse that i've seen before. less wary, less a

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he put it in his new memoir, "american outlaw." is the book going to redeem your image? don't think that -- i don't know. i don't think it's -- i think that's probably one of my fears. you know? i didn't write the book to, like, make myself look better. i wrote it just the truth. >> reporter: and he has a new love. kat, a friend for many years, who shares his passion for tattoos, as star of tlc's "l.a. ink." do you think it was hurtful to sandra that you moved on so quickly? >> i can't worry about her anymore. you know? i think i've spent a good chunk of the last five or six years of worrying only about her and what she thinks and what i should do. and like, you know, controlling all of my movements and everything else. and i don't think -- i think it's time to worry about jesse and making sure jesse is happy. >> reporter: he says he and kat plan to marry this summer. are you going to be faithful? >> yes. >> reporter: do you think you can? >> yes. >> reporter: he is learning blacksmithing. and apprenticing young riders. >> i need a speed rod and something to make. and i'

and rob lowe's hot, new memoir, "stories i only tell my friends," reveals how his rapid rise to movieyears, struggling for a comeback. in the 1908s, rob lowe looked as if he had descended from heaven, to answer the prayers of teenage girls everywhere. he perfected the charismatic bad boy, in movies like "the outsiders." "st. elmo's fire," and "about last night. he dated a string of high-profile women. and was often photographed carousing late into the night with a group of hollywood stars dubbed the brat pack. but in 1988, he found himself in the center of a tabloid scandal. he was forced to reassess his life. he quit drinking. and married cheryl burkeof. lowe says sobriety and cheryl made him the man he is today. he is a man who puts family first. i sat down with lowe shortly after hearing the news of osama bin laden's death. he had just come back from saluting new york's finest. there's great photos of you with firefighters on the streets. how did that come about? >> i heard the news at dinner. and i was compelled to go and by my respects. i went to ground zero. i went to times squa

the star revealing so much in his new memoir, "stories i only tell my friends."anted to talk about most. you dedicated the book to your family. and you said, in memory of your mother. >> i did. >> yeah. >> i did. my mom was my first editor. whenever i wrote anything i would call her up and say, what do you think of this? and i lost her to breast cancer a few years ago. and she would have -- i can't even begin to tell you what she would be saying with me putting a book out. my goodness. >> liza minnelli. the story you tell, really helps people understand -- >> what a nerd i was? >> that's one way to put it. but you share the -- here you are, a young actor. you find out she's in town. >> i'm living in dayton, ohio. there's no celebrities in ohio. and liza is coming off of "cabaret." she's the biggest phenomenon in the business. and i'm in a lobby. and i see her luggage going by that says liza minnelli. i'm 8 years old. i want to be an actor. and i figure, i'm going to meet her. so, i go to the front desk. i can't see over the front desk. but, excuse me? and i say,

in his new memoir, "in the long run -- a father, son, and unintentional lessons in happine happiness"it took to get him there. jim is with us this morning. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> "in the long run," you talk about a title that fits with everything, from your personal relationships, your wife, relationships with people at your job, your dad, running this marathon. this is a personal look at your life. >> again, i had to get a few things unknotted. i had a giant knot between my ears and one between my ribs and i had to figure a few things out. believe me, fewer places any better than figuring things out than a long stretch of road. >> you said the genesis of all of this is the e-mail. the e-mail you got from a buddy while you were in hulse on the, t -- houston. >> i wanted to see what barack obama looked like in february of 20 2008. he feels about to go off. my best friend sent me the records, the marathon records of my father he had run the new york marathon three times in early ' 80s. this is a point in my life where i had to get my arms around dissatisfaction, mid lif

she explains why in a new memoir and writes candidly about her husband's affair with her best friend.th that woman's ex-husband. but this is not a wife swap situation. she talks about the pain in her life. >> lots of fans out here. also ahead, christy turling ton-burns is here to talk about a project she takes seriously. she hopes the impact will be a better sense of health and well-being for women around the world. she'll share that message in a little while. >> plus we head into the kitchen where mark bittman is cooking away asparagus which is in season. he has delicious recipes to make. >> speaking of recipes, calling all firefighters. we are announcing the "today" show's first ever annual firehouse bbq cook-off. we are going to award one firehouse bragging rights during a live throw-down on the plaza may 24. to enter head to today.com, submit an original recipe and video or a photo of your dish being prepared. entries must be received before friday, may 13. >> throw-down? >> it's only the food. wow. >> that took an ugly turn. >> not for me it didn't. ugly weather though. >> what's

i sat down with tyler to talk about his new memoir "does the noise in my head bother you"?er steven tyler is white hot right now. having taken his talents and way with words to one of america's hottest television shows. he's become a media darling with his kooky style and tylerisms. >> well [ bleep ] a duck and see what happens. >> what? >> for the last 30 years as the lead singer of aerosmith, a band which churned out platinum records every year since the '70s, all the news fit to print about tyler was barely suitable to print at all. ♪ >> reporter: the sweet emotion he was feeling was from an addiction to drugs. and as recently as two years ago he almost lost everything. how did you end up on one of the most popular shows on television? >> the week before, i went to betty ford in december of '09 i was so angry with it all, i got a new manager. i said to him get me a job. i don't care what it is. i'm going in. get me "american idol." >> to move forward we first have to look back. it's hard to believe someone called the demon of screaming honed his hard rock musicality in n

new toy. okay. who in her memoir says writing for colored folks depended on the whims of respected, safe drivers. and she goes on to talk about how going to school, how at times she was free to get on the railroad car, no problem. at other times she was, like, no, you have to wait for the colored car. that was, that would be one example. another would be going to the crystal palace which was the great exhibit that was put on in the 1850s modeled after london's crystal palace, this great exhibit hall. and a comment in the newspaper that black new yorkers have been casting the horoscope as to whether colored people would be admitted. so one day you could be admitted, another not. then there were high cultural events, and in a way the black elite hoped that class would trump race, that if they had education, understood kind of high culture, that they would be free to go. and that was true, a lot of times they went to opera, plays, they went to the bookstore, the art gallery. but in one instance they were forbidden to enter. and this is when one of their own, um, an opera singer named elizabeth taylo

memoirs. >> reporter: and it takes luck? >> absolutely. >> reporter: in grace lee, cbs 5. >> gives new meaning to gold digger. >> it's still there, roberta. they only got some of it. >> i tell you what they got today, a whole lot of snow. let's take you to the high sierra where 4 inches did accumulate. wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour in the upper ridges. the staple storm that caused that snow caused this. a tornado to be spotted and snapped by troy donaldson. he sent us this photograph of this tornado. do you see it there? it's the same storm that dumped nearly a half an inch of rain in santa rosa today. 1/100 of an inch of rain was reported in downtown san jose. look at the lesser amounts to the east of the bay while mountain view had 3/10 of an inch. we'll start out cloudy tomorrow but during the day we will see some partial clearing of the skies. tonight overnight temperatureswise into the 40s and to 50 degrees in oakland. this is the area of low pressure very impressive. i'm going to broaden this picture out. this is the frontal boundary that pushed through and behind it was all the unsettled air masses, this core, this ce

he received a new nose, lips, skin, muscles and nerves from an enormous donor. >>> jaycee dugard's memoirs set to go on sale this july. the title is a stolen life. she was kidnapped in 1991 by philip and nancy garrido and held captive in this -- the back of their home for 18 years. in the book she details her abduction and her thoughts now that she is free. the garridos pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexual assault charges. they are scheduled to be sentenced in june. >>> the google executive turned activist is writing a book. they announced today that revolution 2.0 is set to be published in january. the proceeds will go to a charity to encourage education. >>> an executive said that bids for the publishing rights topped $2 million. >>> the two u.k. berkeley graduates imprisoned in iran are set to go on trial for espionage. the two men and sara shore were detained. shourd was released on bail and refusing to return to iran. iran said she will be tried in absence yeah. >>> an emergency alert text message system is set to launch tonight. the fcc will allow officials to send messages to sp

he received a new nose, lips, skin, muscles and nerves from an enormous donor. >>> jaycee dugard's memoir is set to go on sale this july. the title is a stolen life. she was kidnapped in 1991 by philip and nancy garrido and held captive in this -- the back of their home for 18 years. in the book she details her abduction and her thoughts now that she is free. the garridos pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexual assault charges. they are scheduled to be sentenced in june. >>> the google executive turned activist is writing a book. they announced today that revolution 2.0 is set to be published in january. the proceeds will go to a charity to encourage education. >>> an executive said that bids for the publishing rights topped $2 million. >>> the two u.k. berkeley graduates imprisoned in iran are set to go on trial for espionage. the two men and sara shore were detained. shourd was released on bail and refusing to return to iran. iran said she will be tried in absence yeah. >>> an emergency alert text message system is set to launch tonight. the fcc will allow officials to send messages to

news this weekend. >> bye bye mis american pie >> this is not a dying city. >> marty: henry? >> henry: there are a lot of books about pregnancy but not quite like this one. a double life. part memoirsting. check it out, on kron 4 news this weekend when we return. Ñwkó >> isabel: 9:13. officials are assessing the damage of this tornado. 156 death toll after a survival recoveries. president obama will stop for a memorial service. >> taking a look at the golden gate with a some clearing throughout this morning. >> marty: let us check-in with our forecast. >> isabel: great. >> janu: with overcast and the south bay and the camera is shaking a bit because it is windy. patchy fog, morning clouds and scattered pop up sprinkles. nothing to major just a bit annoying. breezy conditions mild and sunny and warmer tomorrow. the satellite and ritter show in the pacific northwest and the northern portion of the state getting hit with the system. really just clouds. isolated, pop of sprinkles. it is starting to warm up in concord. mid- 60s. 57 degrees in los gatos. i told you it was going to be windy, to hang onto your hat to. the futurecast is showing by 12:00 p.m., 25 m.p.h.. by 3:00 p.m., 29 m.

from a book expo america, new releases from jim lehrer, roger larson, andrik michael moore on his upcoming memoir "after words," janny scott on the story of barack obama's mother, hosted by "national journal's" major garrett. c-span2's local content vehicles kicks the city tour this weekend with the booktv events on a c-span2, including an interview with del quentin wilber, and i look at the book industry with local booksellers , and the st. petersburg museum of history, with the first commercial aircraft, and the history of the settlement of angola. the lcv cities tour kicks off this weekend to watch it on c- span2 and c-span3. this weekend on american history to be on c-span 3, "washington post" journalist ben bradlee and bob woodward of watergate. the former policy of president reagan. and we will visit fort myer, virginia, to learn about the army's oldest active infantry unit and its role in presidential funerals. "washington journal" continues. host: kathy deveny is the life and money editor at "the fiscal times." i showed headline to our viewers of recent column written by one of your colle

her memoirs are in a new book called "growing up laughing." >> i can't wait to hear what i have to sayk on the way to being a bestseller. >> it is. this is really about my life, first of all. it's a memoir. i've never done that before. i realized as i was writing it, this is why i'm kind of a happy person because i really have a good sense of humor and i'm an optimist because of growing up with my dad and other funny people. it gives you a slant on life that is a real step up. i was saying to kathie earlier, i don't have a bad day. i can have a real miserable hour, but i don't have a bad day. i think that's because i can see the funny in it, you know? >> i think because you give of yourself, too. with st. jude's and everything else. it's a combination of having a sense of humor about what happens in life and knowing you're making a difference. >> focus isn't always on you. >> when i'm in st. jude and meet those kids, they are so optimistic. >> you have comedians sprinkled through here. what did they teach you? >> was there a general theme? >> i interviewed them all. i wanted to find ou

memoir next week about his career in television. it's actually the first time larry's been published since he wrote the forward to the old testament. [ laughter ] he has a newk. it was awkward when i tried to get a signed copy. first, i had to tell him my name twice, then i had to tell him his name twice. i'm like, "it's larry king." "dear, jimmy, love apple top." "see, that doesn't make any sense. [ laughter ] forget it. forget it." and, finally, white sox catcher a.j. pierzynski couldn't catch a foul ball last night and it almost hit george w. bush. pierzynski apologized, but bush was like, "no sweat. i dropped the ball for eight years. don't worry about it." [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show tonight. give it up for the roots! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey, you guys, "thank you notes" is a book. that's right! [ cheers and applause ] it just came out yesterday. it is just $12. what's $12? it's half a cup of coffee. [ laughter ] >> steve: yeah. come on. >> jimmy: and, normally, i just tell to you go out and buy it. but, today, i've got new plan. listen up. they have this thing on amazon.com called amazon sales rank. that's wh

new releases with jim lehrer, panels on feminism, and favorite books of 2011. michael more on his upcoming memoir. josh margolin on one of the largest federal sting operations in u.s. history. afterwards, the untold story of barack obama's mother. by the complete schedule at booktv.org. >> the head of the federal deposit insurance corp., sheila bair, is urging congress to increase the debt ceiling. she will set down for the fdic in july when her term ends. this house financial oversight subcommittee hearing is two hours. >> today we are joined by the fdic corp. chairman, sheila bair. i would like to thank the chairman for more dedicated service. when thank you can say, it has not been a dull five years for you. you have had a lot of activity and i thank you for your service to our country. i hope this will provide a forum for our members to understand the fdic in the financial crisis. the current state of fdic insured banks in general -- the recent passage of dodd frank enhances the role of the fdic. they are charged with unwinding failed financial institutions, providing a liquidation of artie.