but pretty soon obama sr.'s habit of telling him what to do, of coral in, being obama sr., began to wear on every one of the. by the end of the visit they get into a fight. obama sr. is watching jr. waiting for television probe graham. i believe it was one of the holiday shows and he said to him, you need to stop watching television and go do your homework. it was a show he had been waiting to see it was very much looking forward to. he was said to his room and the adults began to argue. obama jr. is wishing his father would leave with sunni does and that is the last time he ever sees them. they do right letters later in his early 20s but eventually even out stopped. >> host: did that meeting, that return, was that something that was pivotal in obama jr.'s life? did he now seeing this man he had known about or did he look back on that it later and just sort of draw some conclusions about his dad? >> guest: i don't feel that that visit was pivotal. i think it was very disappointing to him. i think his image of hi

because obama, sr.'s life was fractured he had a different pieces. and everybody had a different feeling about it. there were people in his family to swear to this day that it was rage. that he was murdered frozen in time, nothing is broke, the class isn't broken and the windshield isn't. the press club from the accident say he was wrecked in the accident. there doesn't seem to be any hint of suspicion. some of his friends feel he committed suicide. i think obama found a place of peace. at the start of 76 he had another media age 46i think that he was ready to be the parent he had never been but it was good enough so i don't think it was suicidal. >> host: what he have tried to have been closer to his son in america, too? >> guest: i have no indication of that. >> host: he was back at kenya. that was the life he's all i had him. >> host: having done this for research and you've done an amazing amount of research in the book would do you think america should know about president obama's that and what has helped out -- jumped out at you that stay with

earlier but by a the 1960's fifth it was about canyons and the british agreed to transfer the government back and it was a very exciting time the british still stayed but obama's sr. in fact, was lessing gauged in political activity than many. he was involved a little but he worked on his paper but he was inouye out there ranting were criticizing the british and was sorry about himself. he left before independence and so he was not even there. i feel that is the inaccurate characterization. >> host: when obama's sr. goes back to kenya why do things fall apart? is a the argumentative ms. and overconfidence? what happens? >> line is the new how important it was do get the degree. he did get the masters but not the phd but kept himself together. he had a lot of women and drinks that when he comes back middle of 64, independence is only one year old and this is an exciting time and africanas are put in these exciting jobs they can go into hotels and restaurants now they can order a couple shots of whiskey. all things are possible. an exciting time months and he was smart and have a great job and a white wife and everything and he should have been the big man and gone