. >> reporter: she was pleasantly surprised to find fresh produce. >> it's very important because theat i bring home. >> reporter: when an accident took her husband out of the workforce, they joined 10% of american families struggling to put food on the table. larry welsh says demand is higher than ever and the recent cut in food stamp benefits is making it worse. who are the new families coming into your food bank? >> it's the working poor. folks who have a job that we've never seen before. >> reporter: in a survey of 25 cities, 21 reported demand for food assistance is up. welsh wants to be sure what he offers his 40,000 needy families is as healthy as possible. which is why the food bank raises its own produce in a farming operation that continues to expand. for the first time ever, the food bank is growing its own produce in the winter, even in snowy conditions, they can grow kale, spinach and collard greens. >> there is still a lot in the field. people think it's a lot, but the demand is endless. >> reporter: 20 food banks nationwide are now farming produce, helping to bring fami

we entered all my tax info and income and stuff, and i was pleasantly surprised. >> reporter: erin is in her 40s and has health issues but for the new law to work, the white house needs millions of healthy young people to sign up to make coverage more affordable for everyone else. the president made his pitch during a white house youth summit wednesday. >> i hope you haven't been discouraged by how hard it's been because stuff that's worth it is always hard. >> reporter: a new harvard university poll shows just 20% of americans under age 30 plan to enroll in a health care plan as part of the affordable care act. nearly half say they're unlikely to sign up. >> i would rather do the finer things, obviously. i don't know how much health insurance is but i know it's a lot more than that. >> reporter: the white house is hoping 7 million americans will sign up by april. now, as part of the administration's effort to focus on a different benefit, today the white house is going to be concentrating on insurance companies and getting word out how they are prohibited from discriminating against

but i wanted to die beautifully, pleasantly, without any pain. and then i remembered that it was dangerous to sleep under an elder tree. and we had a big one in full bloom. so i stripped it of everything it had, and i lay down in the oat bin. have you ever noticed how beautiful oats are, soft to the touch like human skin? i shut the lid and i closed my eyes. and i fell asleep. and then i woke up feeling really very ill, but i didn't die. what did i want? i don't know. i had no hope of winning you. but you are a symbol to me of the hopelessness of my ever climbing out of the class into which i'd been born. do you know you're quite a raconteur? did you ever go to school? a bit, but i've read a lot of novels, been to theaters. and i've heard the gentry talk. that's what i learned most. do you listen to what we say? certainly. and i've heard plenty too. sitting on the coachman's box or rowing the boat, i once heard you and a lady friend. oh, indeed. what did you hear? i wouldn't care to repeat it, but it surprised me a little. i couldn't imagine wher

we enjoyed sunshine mild can be conditions right now, clear skies, and it's turning pleasantly cool around the bay area. there is a live view from our roof top camera here. looking at embarcadero center. temperatures low to mid-50s san jose and half moon bay. another live view more readings at this hour, 55 degrees in santa rosa. and another live view from our camera, looking west over the bay. this dry pattern lasts through christmas, you can see high pressure is in control here in the bay area. a bit of awho tron my, tomorrow marks beginning of winter. only nine hours, 33 minutes of daylight. and north bay valleys we'll see upper 30s to low 40s. and low 40s around the bay. tomorrow, sunny skies and high temperatures 62 in san jose. 63 redwood city. north bay, mid-60s in napa, also, nef vatto east bay, 63 in oakland tomorrow. and 63 in lever more, here is the accu-weather forecast. this weather cooling down friday. so tuesday, christmas eve, wednesday, christmas day. sunny. and low 60s on the coast. it's remarkable. this is weather we're going to have. >> it's unusual. >> thank you. >> ok

we enjoyed sunshine mild can be conditions right now, clear skies, and it's turning pleasantly cool around the bay area. there is a live view from our roof top camera here. looking at embarcadero center. temperatures low to mid-50s san jose and half moon bay. another live view more readings at this hour, 55 degrees in santa rosa. and another live view from our camera, looking west over the bay. this through christmas, you can see high pressure is in control here in the bay area. a bit of tron my, tomorrow marks beginning of winter. only nine hours, 33 minutes of daylight. and north bay valleys we'll see upper 30s to low 40s. and low 40s around the bay. tomorrow, sunny skies and high temperatures 62 in san jose. redwood city. north bay, mid-60s in napa, also, nef vatto east bay, 63 in oakland tomorrow. and 63 in lever more, here is the accu-weather forecast. this weather cooling down friday. so tuesday, christmas eve, wednesday, christmas day. sunny. and low 60s on the coast. it's remarkable. this is weather we're going to have. >> it's unusual. >> thank you. >> okay. >> coming up next, a f

but i wanted to die beautifully and pleasantly and without any pain. and then i remembered that it was dangerous to sleep under an elder bush. and we had a big one in flower. i stripped it of everything it held, and then i lay down in the oat bin. have you ever noticed how beautiful oats are, soft to touch like human skin? well, i shut the lid and i closed my eyes and i fell asleep. and i woke up feeling very ill. but i didn't die, as you can see. what did i want? i don't know. i had no hope of winning you, of course. but you were a symbol to me of the hopelessness of ever climbing out of the class into which i had been born. do you know you're quite a raconteur? but i think that for miss julie that is no game. she is not--nothing is planned, nothing is premeditated. - strong. - nothing is being worked out. right. but moment by moment by moment... - she lives. - that's absolutely... - that's right. - i'm sure that's right. yes. and if there's any sense of all, that all of this, that she knows what she's doing and the whole thing is being worked out and

we entered all my tax info and income and stuff and i was pleasantly surprised. >> reporter: erin is 43 and has had some recent health issues. for obamacare to succeed, millions of young healthy americans will need to enroll to offset the costs of consumers like erin. president obama asks for help today at a white house youth summit. >> i'm going to need you all to spread the world about how the affordable care act really works, what its benefits are, what its protections are and, most importantly, how people can sign up. >> reporter: one lingering and significant problem with obamacare remains: accurate consumer data in many cases is not reaching insurance companies. late today, scott, the administration and top figures in the insurance industry said they are working together on a technological fix. >> pelley: major, thank you. the numbers are improving for home sales again. the government reported today that sales of new homes in october jumped more than 25%. that was the biggest monthly gain since 1980. thieves stole a truck carrying radioactive material. how can it be? synthetic

out in the wake of this report with those forty six recommendations my initial reactions are i am pleasantly surprised by the forty six recommendations they are a lot more aggressive than i thought they would be coming from a president's own white house committee i also feel most importantly this indicates edward snowden who has been dry that by the government by very loudly and listened for asli as some sort of traitor or committing treason i think this vindicates what he revealed was indeed barely if at all constitutional and likely unconstitutional and that these programs are even being recommended to be done away with and terminated completely at the same time do you think it's actually going to change anything in terms of edward snowden's current situation you know it's been very interesting to me that over the last week both the tech giants called for. or some sort of amnesty for snowden and and at the same time and then say suggested amnesty or pardon might be an order so this is not coming from the lawyers this is coming from industry this is coming from the agency the agency soon to

. >> pleasantly but here from the international air transport association chief executive, tony tyler, joining bloomberg at 10:30 a.m. gone public in the ipo priced at $20 per share $2.35 billion. what are investors getting? >> real estate and a darn good franchise. that's how you wrap it up. arehis valuation, they beating starwood which is seen as a much more upscale brand but have a look at some of the brands they are getting their hands on. i know it's a franchise company, but errors the waldorf astoria. the bulk of the business is done doubletreeonors and and that is where blackstone is playing the trade. they will keep 76% of the company and they will be committed for many years, they say. 7% unemployment and 60% of the business and help that is done in the united states but it's getting better. >> revenue per available room. you just can't beat him. >> we've tried. that was something of a boom for private equity, wasn't it? deal ofwas a great chastisement. top of the market, you are buying a big cyclical play like hilton but they are connoisseurs of property. $69 billion under m

. >> the markets have been pleasantly surprised by the bank decision.nsus among economists as well as market experts was rate would increase by 25 basis points but they have remained unchanged. what is the rationale here? we're at a three and a half year agh and inflation is also at 14-month high at this point in time. overlyy policy cannot be reactive. basically, inflation is on a thisard trajectory at point in time. instead of reacting to the spikes we are seeing in the inflation data, they would rather wait to see more data points in the next few weeks at least before taking any further decisions. themow, the rate hike has concerned but they have mentioned very clearly they may policy.k at they will be costly monitoring the situation. also on the tapering front, one governor said india is now in a better place of withstanding the impact of the table when it happens. we are relatively in a better rough place now. the rupee now we can take. this is probably a few months needed tot has now keep in mind inflation a still relatively high, beyond the comfo

we're pleasantly surprised to find people continue to shop through and go beyond.were beating numbers everything will day. oblique, -- presumably, over the numbers last year? >> over the goal. we refer cap the business quarterly, and have a good idea where we're going. >> we should explain what you are first. i have never bought anything from you. describe it for me. >> we are a brand that helps guys figure out how to live fun lives. we have several different areas of lifestyle. we are the intersection of food, drink, travel. dear, style, fashion, grooming, , cars.used on gadgets muchatch media struggle so try to figure out what to do, i see layoffs. i friends all over the media world asking if bloomberg is hiring, constantly. i feel like you guys are using an international -- an interesting approach about blending. media is a tough business. we found that we have these great relationships with our consumers. we told them the stuff that we thought was cool, and they went and bought it, or went to the restaurants we recommended. we'll attend this trust a relationshi

i have been pleasantly surprised by the reception i have gotten from the intellectual left on this issue. when i got to sit down with him and explain my case to them. the stuff i am not saying. i don't want to speak for george, but there will be a time when i will certainly sit down and see what he thinks about it. >> thank you for coming. back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ >> guillermo del toro is here. his films include pans labyrinth and pacific rim. here is a look at just some of his work. ? >> we're out of options. >> what is inside of your mind? >> it is in the book. crazy stuff. >> you have already put them in film. what is in the book? >> it collects models for each project and some projects i haven't made so people can see not just sleep preproduction, they can see my process. like the pale man in pans labyrinth the first time i drew him was 10 years ago. >> may i? this even feels like it is classic. >> it is. i bought them on a tour with minas sorvino. i think a couple of them are going to stay vacant. can i show you one that i like? >> describe this to me. >> it is the flashbac

out of your comfort zone and you have to talk to someone you might not agree with, you might be pleasantly surprised. one of my great memories of the last couple of years is taking the train back to d.c. with bob every friday night when we first started "the five," for the first five months we would say they better understand we are not moving to new york and we would talk about all sorts of things, politics and the rest and we would look at each other and say afterwards, how could we both be of the same species an you think so differently than i do but we ended up being great friends. so i think after plek is cut -- after fle afleck is cutting himself off. >> and i bring up the allegiance to teams and what that does. you may never had met dana if you stuck to your team. >> i was a political consultant for years and i would be up against republicans all of the time. and i got to know them. ed rawlings, lee atwater. i think it is true, when you cut yourself off -- if i cut myself off from republicans, i couldn't sit in this air. except for eric shs i can cut off with that. >> was lincoln a

she looked exactly the same as i had remembered her, short curly hair and that's pleasantly asymmetrical days. after quickly listing my symptoms like a truck stop waitress reciting the specials, i got to the point. i'm quitting my job, i said that i leaned back against the fabric of the couch. that is, sort of. i'm on a leave of absence. i was planning to seven months ago but then the economy tanked so i stayed. i think i just got really burned out. she mirrored her eyes and audit almost imperceptibly. yes, that's what it sounds like. i shifted forward again. what is happening to me? am i having a nervous breakdown? i hadn't said that phrase out loud before, but as soon as i did come it sounded perfectly right and strangely hopeful. serious eats temporary. something i would get through, not something i had to live with. reflecting on it later i could see that it also implied catharsis, and internal act of rebellion against the status quo like my spirit was going on strike to protest at the constant mindless activity of my body. well, we couldn't call it a breakdown, that's not a medical

watch this. [ cheers and applause ] >> i was pleasantly surprised you accepted the the invitation. >> because of you. >> thank you. that's very kind. >> i mean, you're about to head out to pasture. [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> just want to see what you look like before you got to the gate. >> that's kind. thank you very much. >> we thousand know which athlete sports illustrated picked as the sportsman of the year. they picked denver broncoss quarterback peyton manning of the first family. his stats this season have been off the charts. ♪ >> why is it important to educate our people? because we don't want to go down the same pathway as many other nations who preceded us. i think about ancient rome. very powerful. nobody could challenge them. what happened to them? they destroyed themselves from within. moral decay, fiscal irresponsibility. they destroyed themselves. if you don't think that can happen to america, you get out our books and start reading. >> i intend to speak in support of defunding obamacare until i am no longer able to stand. >> to be bombed in your sleep, there is nothing

goes after this is to shrink away and apologize but newt gingrich did something surprising and pleasantlyk at those critics and explained to them why he supported even when he was a young congressman, anti-apartheid measures by the u.s. government. i think we actually have a clip. >> good, let's use that. >> what do you make of this backlash? >> i was very surprised by it. two points are first of all, this very long deep commitment to freedom which i think most of us could identify with. and second that after 27 years in prison, he doesn't come out bitter. he doesn't come out angry. he comes out as an extraordinarily wise man. who actually invites his prison guard to sit in the front row at his inauguration. >> all right. newt gingrich. >> newt gingrich's finest hour of the year. richard? >> i would say actually it's the way thomas roberts stole my tuxedo tonight. >> three. three. >> but actually, the bigger surprise to be honest, is the way -- botch -- how predictable was it that it was the biggest piece of the second term for this president. but how quickly they fixed it. and having lau

comfort zone and you have to talk with somebody that you might not necessarily agree with, you can be pleasantly surprised. what i wrote down here was one of my great memories of the past couple of years was taking the train back to d.c. with bob every friday night when we first started "the five." for five months every friday night we would go back and say they don't understand that we're not moving to new york. but we would talk about all sort of things. politics and all the rest and we would look at each other afterwards and say how could we both be the same species and you think so differently than i do but we ended up being great friends. so i think afleck is cutting himself off from a lot of joy that life can bring of diversity of opinion. >> bob, the point that she is bringing is an interesting one which i brought up before which is the allegiance to teams and what that does. you may never have met or worked with dana if you had stuck with your team. >> it's interesting. i was a political consultant for 20 years and i would be up against republicans all the time and i got to know them as

. >> i was pleasantly surprised during our coverage to learn of your connection with the country. how did that develop? >> it came about when i was doing my fulbright fellowship there in south africa. it's funny, mandela's legacy can be heard in the children's voices of soweto to those who thought they never would see the day when equality would be law. he touched lives in a way more lasting than anyone ever expected. i was able to get to know his grandson who is helping his legacy live on. this is my mandela moment. >> there he is, smiling, peaceful, regal. that's nelson mandela sitting in the office holding the phone as reverend jackson asks him to give a quick hello to his wife. see the young lady behind him in the black dress, that's me, a freshly minted college grad meeting a man i had only read about in history books. it's funny how life works. i never imagined i would be be sitting there when a year before i was an eager college senior choosing where i would go for my fulbright scholarship. i chose south africa. i started teaching kids in one of the country's poorest townsh

. >> but then the parents come in and they're pleasantly surprised. >> we set up demonstration stations at the profits of the store called "you gotta see it" we put our demonstrable products and put the associate there how the sand and drinkmaker works and let the customers touch and feel. it's an interactive playground. we want you to fall in love with the product. >> if you open up a processes meats and cheeses department you're off to the races. i digress. great seeing you. good luck. >> if appreciate it. thank you. >> it's a fun store, and great place to have your kid goes and just mess up. >> tear it up. >> just saying that. meanwhile, talk about a flight from hell. this one is not ending. even days after the plane's landing it's not what happened on that jet. it's who was on that jet and what happened to everyone else because they shared that same jet. >> coffee, tea, and tb? don't laugh. passengers aboard a usairways flight was flying with a very sick passenger and the tsa was alerted that one of the passengers was on the other -- on the no-fly list because he was being treated f

we entered all my tax info and income and stuff and i was pleasantly surprised. >> reporter: erin is in her 40s and has health problems but for the new law to work the white house needs millions of healthy young people to sign up to make coverage more affordable for everyone else. the president made his pitch during a white house youth summit wednesday. >> i hope you haven't been discouraged by how hard it's been because stuff that's worth it's always hard. >> reporter: a new harvard university poll shows only 20% of americans under 30 plan to enroll in a healthcare plan as part of the affordable care act. nearly half say they are unlikely to sign up. >> i would rather pay the fine. i don't know how much health insurance is but i know it's more than that. >> reporter: the white house is hoping 7 million americans will sign up by april. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >> political affiliation is a good indicator of whether young americans will buy health insurance. the harvard poll found young democrats are four times more likely than young republicans to by mandated insurance.

we're always pleasantly surprised. >> miller: while high school kids on summer break may be crackingodes, this is still a spy agency that steals secrets, reads emails, and listens to foreign leader's phone calls. among the snowden leaks, perhaps the most embarrassing for the white house was that the n.s.a. monitored some of german chancellor angela merkel's cell phone calls. but general alexander says the n.s.a. doesn't choose who to spy on. they target the subjects and the countries that other u.s. agencies, including the state department, ask for intelligence on. >> alexander: that's one of the ones that the white house and i think our principals are looking at. what is the appropriate measures? what should we do? and what are we going to stop doing? from my perspective, when we look at that, it has to be both ways-- our country and their country has to come to an agreement to do the same. it can't be either way. >> miller: well, does that mean that we'll just agree to stop spying on everybody, including our friends, if they all agree to stop spying on everybody, including us? >> a

i have been very pleasantly surprised by the reception i've gotten from the intellectual left on this issue when i got to sit down with them and explain my case to them. the stuff that's been written about objecting to what i'm saying, i'm not saying. so i don't want to speak for george, there will be a time in the next few months where i will sit down with him and see what he thinks about it. >> rose: thank you for coming. >> thank you. >> rose: back in a moment. stay with us. >> rose: guillermo del toro is here. he is the mexican director and author best known for making fantasy and horror into an art form. he once said on this program "if there's not a monster on my call sheet i won't show up to shoot." his films include "pan's labyrinth" and the this summer's "pacific rim." here's a look at some of his work. >> rose: what is inside of your mind? >> (laughs) the things that are in the book. >> rose: but you've already put these things on film. why do you need to put them in a book? >> well, the book actually, what it does is it collects my notebooks. it collects about a fifth of th

i was pleasantly surprised when i meat -- made it to the next cut. >> who called you. >> i got an e-mail several e-mails principally from my editor. >> have you enjoyed the festivities in new york this week. >> it's great thrill. i've never been involved with the national book awards before. it's wonderful. and exciting to be a part of it. >> good luck tonight. >> thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] i think this is the fourth finalist in the non-fiction category we want to talk to. if you are watching booktv last weekend, you saw jill lepore in philadelphia e moding about jane frack lynn. did you stumble on jane frack lynn? >> i did. well, i was reading ben franklin's published paper which are bound in 40 something volumes. you go any library and pull them off the shelves. one after another. it's such good company. he's so sneaky and charming. but every other letter he wrote was to his sister, jane. and i never heard of her. i was just mystified. how can anybody possibly understand this man who ran away from home when she he was young. the last letter he wrote on his death bed

i think people in the business community will be very pleasantly surprised, number one. philosophy of change of viewpoint. in terms of the u.s., we have a president who have a lot of issues going on, and we will have an election in a few years that will be in front of us before we even know it. he biggest change will be what will happen in the next election a year from now. quite the midterm election? -- >> the midterm election? >> yes. >> let's take some time out for our agenda. >> i have been touting. >> what is going on with you? >> she saw beyoncÉ, i did not. one s. ruhle, ask bruce ratner if beyoncÉ is the best performer? mrs. carter killed it last night. you got steph tickets and not me? >> i do not -- she is smart enough to buy them, tom. >> what is a like for a hitter like you do have beyoncÉ walk into your arena? --it is fantastic for sof it is fantastic. she is the best entertainer i have seen. she entertains, she sings, she dances, she is fantastic. she is completely involved in what she is doing. you get into it, whether you are familiar with her music or not

i wasou chairma pleasantly surprised to know that nrc could review a design application in a few months. you have three that have been under review for five-having years are you might try to go back in with those for christmas . it should only take a month or two. i'm going to this question a different way. and second mountain is back review, and since all the commissions indicate that you don't have the resources to complete the review process, does anybody want to estimate how long -- how much additional funding you might need ms. solanki, if you'd like to switch her guests on that. the researcher question, i'm just interested. to assess and develop the order issued last month and restarted the we didng process, receive some input. it no one to say they have the full fidelity of a budget estimate, but we attempted to have submitted to us both by the adjudicatory board and the staff, some estimates for these activities. i would not characterize to you that we have a complete health current estimate to getting all the way to a license. we do know that starting adjudication would be a re

i was pleasantly surprised to learn that under director mayorkas' leadership, the number of employers using everify tripled from 156,000 employers in 2009 to almost a half million today. the number of people processed by everify also increased from nearly nine million to over 20 million people. that's remarkable improvement in this important program. his implementation last year of the president's deferred actions for the president's program was complicated and challenging undertaking, and it brought hundreds of thousands of people out of the shadows and has also been widely praised. within 60 days, director mayorkas managed to implement a program to process hundreds of thousands of people while ensuring that the appropriate security checks were performed. i think it's a stunning achievement. here's something else i found interesting. just yesterday, the partnership for public service issued its rankings of the best places to work in the federal government in 2013. just yesterday. on the one hand, i was dismayed to find out the department of homeland security ranked last on their list

the gulf coast will see readings pleasantly in the 60s and 70s. >>> so, of course, we know that you lovey for you. we're going to call this chocolate lab the nonswimming dog. >> and we know that diana likes chocolate. now there she is right there in the water with other dogs swimming around her and clearly you can see her legs standing on the pool's bottom. something for everybody in this story, huh? >> what do you think the conversation would be if dogs could actually talk? the dogs around her saying, what, what are you going? why aren't you swimming? and she is probably saying, guys, you know that we could just stand in water this deep. we don't have to do the dog paddle. we could just stand here. all right. well, that was supposed to be funny. there goes that. >> my concern would be as many folks pee in pools, you know, dogs are really in the pool. that would be my concern. adults do it. imagine what fluffy is doing in there. come on. >> i'll admit it. >> you admit you pee in the pool. >> i'll admit it. >> i'm peeing right now. >> there's no pool near us. we have to move on. that's gr

but these days i am very pleasantly surprised at the quality of these books. i think the series has been successful because the publisher really understood and appreciate what was special about the books. it's not just about humor. it's not just about here's a bunch of books with a bunch of jokes in them. it's like it has to be good information. if you look at technical books these days, they are all that way. it's not the old we were everything was dry and boring. here's the facts. not it's pretty interesting. even the propeller headed books i read that are like really nerdy technical books on things that may be too and people are going to understand. there's still that same person out in the. not only is this the for dummies series but is the entire industry has appreciated the value of that personality to bring to bestow, boring topics. >> booktv recently visited coeur d'alene idaho with the help of our local partner time warner cable. the city also known as lake city is the health care education, manufacturing and recreational center for northern idaho. du

i think we'll be pleasantly surprised by sales growth in the coming year. >> thank you for joining us. ed, great to see you. >> coming up, breaking economic news. we'll have the november adp report when we return. we head to break. check out the "squawk box" market indicator. we're aig. and we're here. to help secure retirements and protect financial futures. to help communities recover and rebuild. for companies going from garage to global. on the ground, in the air, even into space. we repaid every dollar america lent us. and gave america back a profit. we're here to keep our promises. to help you realize a better tomorrow. from the families of aig, happy holidays. >>> tonight is the night everybody. the big lighting at rockefeller center. there's the tree. it's supposed to be decent weather. rain later but not during the lighting. check it out. we'll be watching tonight. it's really christmas. welcome back to "squawk box" everybody. futures have turned lower. right now dow down over 30 points. this comes after three days of declines for the market. we were looking at the averages t

we were actually pleasantly surprised. >> so it's been able to cover her cancer treatment so far, thewith our insurance actually. >> and then you got the letter from the insurance company saying you've been canceled because it didn't rise to the high standard of the affordable care act. when you saw that letter, considering what your family has gone through, what did you want to say to the president of the united states? >> well, definitely frustrating. our story is different in that we are going through very hard time, but there is millions of families around the country that are going through the same thing. it's just adding something for us that we didn't need at this current time. i would say frustrated and a little bit scared of just the uncertainty again of we don't know what's going to happen, where we're going to be. >> so you got the letter. you've got to come up with something new. you've looked at some policies. i hope you don't mind, we're going to put up your financial data. the current policy costs you $364 a month. but to get something that rises to the obamacare standa

and then i was pleasantly surprised when i made it to the next cut of the final five. >> host: who called you? >> guest: i actually got an e-mail, several e-mails principally from my editor, steve forman. >> host: and have you enjoyed the festivities this week in new york city? >> guest: oh, this has been a great thrill. i've never been involved with the national book awards before. everybody's been wonderful, and it's very exciting to be part of it. >> host: good luck tonight. >> guest: thank you very much. >> host: this'll be the forty -- fourth finalist in the nonfiction category. if you were watching booktv last weekend, you saw jill lepore in philadelphia emoting about jane franklin. did you stumble on her? >> guest: i did. i was reading benjamin franklin's published papers which are bound in 40 volumes. and he's so fun to realize. he's such great company. he's so charming. but every other letter he wrote was to his sister, jane, and i'd never heard of her, and i was just mystified. how could anybody probably understand this man who ran away from home when he was very young, and the