pastoral and portnoy's complaint the grandson of jewish immigrants he wrote more than thirty books in his lifetime one every major u.s. literary awarding including the pulitzer prize. well with us in the studio to talk more about this is day to be a correspondent bess if good morning at morning philip roth was considered a literary giant many of his books were also turned into films so he was he was hugely successful what made him so successful well first of all it's hard to overemphasize how big this guy was. if you study literature he he felt like he belong more to this category of literary giants like hemingway fokker fitzgerald these people where you just used the last name you know somebody who was a towering figure who was in every textbook if you want to talk about american literature the way he got there was through this idea of the great american novel he wrote not just one but several great american novels novels that use history the history of the twentieth century tell the story of what it meant to be an american and. if you look at his international fame he he also told t

the thing i could say about h work is after portnoy, especially, portnoy is e first great breakthrough book. philip has a couple of great breakthrough books during his career but portnoy opens the flood gates fe, the first t and this voice, you know, comes pouring out -- or seems to come e result of, it's hard work, of course, and it hums with intelligence and, you know, energy d humor on the page, and that's what makes him compulsively readable. that's another reason why peoplc hame back to him. >> does the evolution of his career make sense to you when you look back on it now? because if you look at the younger books, they are largely about a younger man and his coming to terms with his own sexuality, then they move into middle age phase and then later in his life they sort of deal with a man growing old and facing his ultimate reckoning. does that trajectory make sense to you? >> it does. i mean,ou know, fundamentally, you know, philip was on kind of two sides at the same time. he was on the side ofit vit you know, of libido and liberation, a '60s theme, you know, the era where his

of philip roth's progress in portnoy's complaint we find this gem you can no more make someone tell the truth then you can force someone to love you now in one of his last books philip roth looked at his home and perhaps even saw our present day situation when he described his home country as that indigenous american reserve. well the day is nearly done but as ever the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at g.w. news or off t.v. use the hashtag newday in there whatever happens between now and then tomorrow here's another day you'll see than ever but. some. cool. enters the conflict zone the fronting the powerful. my guest this week here in jerusalem jews michael simply didn't move the stuff for public use. this government has rejected any international investigation he should be aiming to fiji's mainstream. culture troof. conflict. in flux z.w. . the most colorful. obviously. the most traditional find it all at any time. check in with a web special. take a tour of germany state by state on d w dot com. the freedom of expression. of value that old ways has to b

will: philip roth hit the literary big-time in 1969 with his best-selling book "portnoy's complaint," a comic, irreverent, and bold novel, which like a lo of his ws taken up with exploring male sexuality. >> you like this girl? >> i like a lot of girls. >> she likes the jews? >> one, me. philip: one thing the boys and i grew up wi had was tremendous verbal freedom. we were not afraid to say things. it was not just dirty words. it was great curiosity about sex and the great questions -- when? >> what he was writing about, vidual self orin the nation, it is horror of taboos and people telling you what to do, the horror of anything that verges on fascm or totalitarianism. my god, he has been prophetic. will: philip roth was brought up in newark, new jersey, in ay jewish famil a jewish neighborhood. it provided him with a life's worth of material and controversy, amid accusations of anti-semitism. rincipled taking a p stand, which is this -- i am not a propagandist for the jews, i am an artist. i'm writg about human beings, not jews per se. will: philip roth was one of the great american

of philip roth's progress in portnoy's complaint we find this gem you can no more make someone tell the truth then you can force someone to love you now in one of his last books philip roth looked at his home and perhaps even so our present day situation when he described his home country as that indigenous american. well the day is nearly done but as ever the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at g.w. news or t.v. use the hash tag debate and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow here's another day we'll see that everybody. enters the conflict zone confronting the powerful. my guest this week here in jerusalem is michael aren't fifty demystified public affairs. his government has rejected any international investigation piece of events to be taking place in gaza . what's it's got to feel. conflict so for me. we accept others authority at work. at home. and in society. but why is that so. what makes humans obedient. scientists are trying to crack a mystery. what is the source of people's longing for authority. in forty five minutes on. global

of philip roth's prose in portnoy's complaint we find this gem you can no more make someone tell the truth then you can force someone to love you and one of his last books philip roth looked at his home and perhaps even so our present day situation when he described his home country as that indigenous american. well the day is nearly done but as ever the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at g.w. news or t.v. use the hashtag newday and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see the never buy. a game and a tradition sometimes a technological twist propose that mike has proven to transcend said blame polo first she needs to know the theory. and take a driving lesson before she's ready for the competition. how will she face after a day of training a. blessing . and a curse moving source of nature and and inescapable straight. monsoons the tropical downpours that shaping life in india there's a small of the subcontinent the solar system a cause of in morris destruction the first. to. believe. global inequality. what does i

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that she's just been hearing the american the writer for the roughest died at age eighty five portnoy's complaint of american pastoral has been hailed as one of the world's greatest novelists especially for his take on the jewish american experience. to check up today there you'll have a more top off each hour and that long there is of course always the web site that's the new book called. i'm going to. cut cut cut cut cut. cut cut. cut. cut. cut cut. cut cut. blessing. and a curse on the force of nature and an inescapable fate. monsoons the tropical downpours that shape and life in the there's a song of the subcontinent the source of life and cause of enormous destruction heard from optimistic news feed on. one to elephants need. does a plastic model turn into a painting stone why do algae make it clear. good idea kill morning anywhere and there are people developing smart solutions everywhere. let's inspire each other good enough for god of the moment magazine on t.w. . earth home to millions of species the home worth saving. google ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative

lot of his books you laugh out loud if you read it but talking about the controversy it was if the portnoy's complaint came out in one nine hundred sixty nine and it shocked middle america and i would say it still would shock everybody now we think in the sixty's people were prudish but if i dare you to go back and read the book and and not have to look away if you ok and he was course showered with literary prizes in the u.s. but the most prestigious international prize eluded him didn't it yeah that's true like he said he won the men book of the poets or the national book award but the nobel prize he was always on the list a lot of people thought in two thousand sixteen that it was going to be him didn't happen and as you know the nobel prize doesn't go to deceased literary giants ok thank you so much for that assessment i mean. from social media that's thanks so much check on some other stories making headlines around the world today south korea's former president to lead a book has arrived at court in seoul for the first hearing in his corruption trial at least as accused of receiving a

he was famous for his many other works like portnoy's complaint, the human stain as well. here is more. >> he reinvented himself many times over his career. dealing with questions of jewish ethnicity and identity, male sexuality, and he became infamous in equal measures with foremost complaint. , her on in his career really became much more engaged with what we might call large -- questions with morality and mortality and big questions to do with american political history and the relationship and thethe individual bodydy p politic and the social world in postwar america. genie: that is a literary professor speaking to us from reading about philip roth. let's take a look at the other big stories and donald trump says the plant historic summit with kim jong-un could be off the table. this as journalists arrive in north korea to witness the dismantling of the t testing si. mark zuckerberg continuing his with a friendly face. he will meet emmanuel macron at good summit. 12 and ploys and former employees from air france expect to get another sentencing. they were part of a vio

dave portnoy is known to millions as "el presidente," that's the president of a country.nstead of a mind-set, he is founder of barstool sports." so colin kaepernick has not been re-signed. do you think in a other meritocracy, he would be playing or no? >> yeah. he would, totally. i think he's good enough to pla play. if i was an owner, i wouldn't sign them personally. not because i care whether he kneels or doesn't, but if you are an owner, why would you want this headache? that's how they look at it. it's just going to bring controversy. it is a good enough to play? absolutely. but the owners -- the owners want no headache, so i take the headache? >> tucker: you saw the piece on the three hour meeting with the owners they had with the selected players. in my reading of it, the owners sound like they were living in a different country. they didn't seem to fully understand the forces at work here. is that a fair to? do they know what's going on? >> i don't think they totally know what's going on, but it goes to the other point. to a degree, i think they do. they just know

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he wrote more than 30 books including 1969's book "portnoy's complaint" and 1997's "american pastoral." which won him the pulitzer. he was 85. >>> a warning for parents tonight from the fda about teething remedies that contain the popular numbing ingredient benzocaine. health officials are asking manufacturers to stop selling them for babies and toddlers that contain benzocaine warning it could cause rare but deadly side effects in children. >>> if you had to replace the battery on your iphone, money could be coming your way. apple says it will give a $50 credit to customers who had to pay for battery replacement on iphone 6 or newer model that was out of warranty before apple started to give replacements. it affects people who replace batteries in 2017. apple says it is starting to alert customers who are eligible for the credit and they will continue the alerts through july. >>> coming up next, friends who are on opposite sides of the law reuniting to help at risk kids. a double-decker ts catches fire in san francisco... the update we just received about the number of injuries. plus

his other books included good- bye columbus and portnoy's complaint. his publicist says roth died of heart failure in a new york hospital. he was 85. >>> good morning from a drizzly san francisco. coming up we have a new report on driverless cars. a survey shows that a lot of people have some reservations about them just as the state agency considers new regulations. >> and new statistics from bart show that crime is going down at stations but what's going on with drug use at bart stations? we'll have that coming up. i'm michelle griego. and i'm kenny choi. let's start with a live look outside... >>> good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, may 23rd. i'm michelle griego. >> good morning. i'm kenny choi. let's begin with a live look outside at some of the traffic down in the south bay on 101 near the trimble exit on the right. looking good now. but jaclyn, of course, will get you caught up with all the other traffic in the bay area. and on the left, we have a shot from our roof camera of the bay bridge and beyond. definitely a cloudy start of the mornin

immigrants roth dove deep into the jewish american experience in novels such as american pastoral and portnoy's complaint he won every major u.s. literary award including the pulitzer prize. doubts are growing over next month's scheduled summit between the leaders of north korea and the us donald trump has warned of a possible delay but he says he still believes north korean leader kim jong il is serious about denuclearization. the white house under guard would also have been ready for the historical summit between the u.s. president and north korea's leader but now concerns are growing in washington that kim jong il and might ditch the meeting planned for june twelfth in singapore trump was still cautiously optimistic as he welcomed south korean president. their talks focused on efforts to convince john young to denuclearize and accept a lasting peace despite aggressive signals from the north korean capital. kim reiterated his unwillingness to completely dismantle north korea's nuclear program saying he needed to guarantee his political longevity well we're moving on and we'll see what happens

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you may know him best from portnoy's, complaint and american pastoral. he was the author of more than 25 books. he was known as one of the greatest writers to never win the nobel prize. he did receive virtually every other honor for books. he died last night in new york city of congestive heart failure. he was 85 years old. >>> do you feel safe when you go on bart? we will look at the violent crime rate on bart so far this year, the areas where there has been improvement and the troubling type of crime that has been on the increase. >>> disturbing allegations against a former doctor at usc. how more than 200 professors are responding to those accusations. >>> right now the fog and drizzle may be a factor for this morning's commute. it is pretty foggy on the golden gate, which is not unusual, but it spreads. you might see some what roadways out there. >>> there is plenty of measurable amounts out there. piedmont .02, glen allen .04, tilman park .08. bay area this morning. we do talk to steve about why he decided to bring drizzle back this morning? >> i su

dave portnoy is known to millions as el presidente, founder of barstool sports, he joins us tonight.nt i trust. colin kaepernick has not been signed. you think in a meritocracy, he would be playing? >> he would come in totally. i think he is good enough to play. if i was an owner, i would not sign him personally, not because i care whether he kneels, but if you're an owner, why would you want this headache? that so they look at it. it will just bring controversy. he's good enough to play but the owners want to know headaches. o why take the headache? >> tucker:e you saw the piece on the three hour meeting that the owners had with the selected players and in my rating up it, the owners sounded like they were living in a different country.or is that a fair take? do they know what's going on? >> i don't think they totally know what is going on. going onto the other point, to a degree i think they do, they know there's a k controversy, ad the owners are very conservative, on a money train. i think the ideal world for an owner would be another owners signing him. but unless the owners wan

he created alter egos, he created portnoy, the human stain, american pastoral and the plot against americayear well into his 70s. his characters, like the man himself, sometimes angry, always looking for meaning, connection and moments of joy, however brief. here he is speaking to kirsty on newsnight in 2009. you think that happiness in life is very fleeting? shall i speak from personal experience? why not? it is a rare state. it is not the normal state, i don't think. it happens from time to time. but it's not your natural state ? no, i think not. nor is unhappiness. i think one goes along in neutral. well roth was known above all for his ability to write about the human condition — something he took inspiration from from the people in his life. one of those was his former wife, the actress claire bloom, who spent 17 years as roth's partner before their divorce in 1995. she went on to write a memoir describing their time together, and shejoins me now. also with me is the author howard jacobsen. thank you forjoining us. i imagine a complicated and confusing set of emotions for you today. t

he was known for his 1969 novel portnoy's complaint. for its explicit sex scenes. he ended his career in 2009, having published more than 30 books and winning numerous awards. he was 85 years old. well, new u.s. sanctions on venezuela expect todd have a bigger impact on the global oil market than the iran sanctions do. analysts are saying the new measures are going to further tighten venezuela's oil output and reduce global supply. but iran will likely evade u.s. sanctions by exporting more oil to countries like turkey and india. oil prices have jumped about 20% this year. there is crude, $71.77 right now. well, tupperware joining forces with amazon's alexa to let you know when last week's dinner in your refrigerator has gone bad. some of us need this, honestly. tupperware adding brains to its containers as part of a high tech storage system, smart tagging and the app will allow you to keep tabs on what's fresh and it's not. is it time to toss that spinach? ask alexa. shares of amazon are lower ahead of the opening bell, down more than

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known for diving deep into the jewish american experience in such novels as american best oral and portnoy's complaint the grandson of jewish immigrants were offered more than thirty books in his lifetime he won every major u.s. literary award including the pulitzer prize. at the. ten thousand jobs are on the line a dodge a banker reports saying it's on the verge of kicking out staff in a bid to cut costs also coming up the way to cut through the diesel small to take a bus and electric one poland shows the way. and daniel winter and this is your business update. germany's biggest lender looks set to slash ten thousand jobs in an effort to reduce costs reports say one an every ten dodge of bank employees is facing the chop with cuts likely to extend to twenty nineteen new c.e.o. christian saving has previously said that the bank is scaling back its presence in the u.s. market and will place more focus on europe the last making lenders are expected to announce the measures ahead of its annual general meeting on.