he didn't want to fit in, tom wolfe?> i just found so utterly sensible, it seed, so stly knowledgeable, and i still always come back to why did he feel the need to wear the white suit? it certainly made him stand out, and we know some writers like to do that. >> mary, you became, late in life -- or late in phillip roth's life, a close friend of his and you went to the funeral. just tell me how you became such friends. >> well, i just want to say i'm -- i'm the only person in the -- on the planet who could make friends with an 80-year-old with heart trouble and be so shocked when he died. he did have such a life force. very early when i met him, almost three years ago, he had a health crisis. and i guess i just wound up spending a lot of time at the hospital. he didn't have a lot of family -- he didn't have any family. we just became close. he was somebody i saw, i don't know, at least once a week, sometimes twice a week, and then i'd go to connecticut in the summer for a week at a time. and he was the most extraordinary

. >> that's the old bubble of, the late tom wolf said america is in the middle, the coast of the parentheses. and i think he knows what he's talking about. >> i think you could find that in any party, and everything that doug schoen said in the clip, i could show you a clip from 2010 that says the same thing about the republican party. >> right, that's why we have donald trump and his historic victory. >> we have the situations where, there is an insurgent's coming on right there in the democratic party. it slightly to the left of where it's been and that will have to bring a lot of energy with it and it will sweep the power. we will have our own will legal marts get elected that year and people will say, how is that person a congressperson. but watch it, it will happen. >> i say the people in montana that were supposed to stand up and be this big moderate force, they are not the cool crowd in the democrat party. they're kind of like the ugly stepchildren of the democrat party. that's my sense, but you are out there polling. >> i will give you specifics. joe kennedy, he is a whole generation

and then visiting a few books i loved but a haven't looked at in a long time, the purple decade by tom wolf which came out in the early 1980s,a collection of some of his best works and then a book by joan didion that came out in 2005, call we tell ourselves stories in order to live. some of her best work. >> become of the wants to know what you're -- book tv wants to know what you're reading sensed your reading list.

and then visiting a few books i loved but a haven't looked at in a long time, the purple decade by tom wolf, which came out in the early 1980s,a collection of some of his best works and then a book by joan didion that came out in 2005, call we tell ourselves stories in order to live. some of her best work. >> become of the wants to know what you're -- book tv wants to know what you're reading sensed your reading list. >> booktv on c-span 2, television for serious readers. >> good eveningment welcome to the enoch pratt free library. i'm vivian fisher. management of this beautiful african-american department. it's my pressure to introduce our -- my -- she is a communication strategist and a management consultant with a multimedia background as well as experience in policied advocacy, media training and education, a social justice advocate, activist, executive coach and motivational speaker. among her many accomplishments are an emmy for outstanding individual achievement, as wcbs tv affiliate in washington, dc, and programming for national public radio. she was chair person of the district of

. >> governor tom wolf surveyed the damage.icials say at least 23 businesses were damaged or destroyed. no one died as a result of the storm although six people had minor injuries. >>> let's bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin and talk about our weather. i have never seen a tornado but i have always heard it sounds like a freight train. >> i have, too. >> i can't imagine it. >> right. we do get small tornadoes and here and funnel clouds, very small ones but the tornadoes you see in those regions are much more aggressive because in those areas, the atmosphere is thicker. it's higher. the troposphere so the storms can grow to 55,000 feet. the tops of our clouds on a good day are 25,000, 30,000. so they get bigger storms, taller storms and bigger tornadoes. i have dreamt of them. looked for them. never seen one. as we look out not a bad day, just cooler. that's good. this pattern has kind of grown on me, which is couple of days of hot, couple of days of cooling and couple more days of warm and then couple of days of cooli

it's pennsylvania governor tom wolf who now says this "while pennsylvania proudly sent troops to texasa, and puerto rico for disaster relief and i believe we need to protect our borders from real threats, i oppose state resources being used to further president trump's policy of separating young children from their parents. so i think that means we can add pennsylvania to the ballooning list of states whose governors, republicans and democrats, are not just criticizing trump and the trump administration over this new and unusual policy on the border, this appears to mean that we can add pennsylvania to the list of states where they are moving beyond criticism and trying to figure out how to take meaningful action. i'll be right back. >>> we've been talking about this story all night but the a.p. has broken new news. this has just come out from the associated press. this is incredible. trump administration officials have been sending babies and other young children -- to at least three -- put up the graphic of this. thank you. do we have it? no. three tender-age shelters in south texas.

it's pennsylvania governor tom wolf who now says this "while pennsylvania proudly sent troops to texas, and puerto rico for disaster relief and i believe we need to protect our borders from real threats, i oppose state resources being used to further president trump's policy of separating young children from their parents. so i think that means we can add pennsylvania to the ballooning list of states whose governors, republicans and democrats, are not just criticizing trump and the trump administration over this new and unusual policy on the border, this appears to mean that we can add pennsylvania to the list of states where they are moving beyond criticism and trying to figure out how to take meaningful action. i'll be right back. it's a t-rex, it's a t-rex, it's a t-rex. stop it. stop the t-rex. see, not a t-rex. ah! come on. let's go. we made it. yeah! rated pg-13. ♪ ♪ legendary jockey vÍctor espinoza is insatiable when it comes to competing. ♪ ♪ so is his horse. ♪ ♪ when it comes to snacking. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that's why he uses the chase mobile app, to pay practically anyone, at any bank.

tom wolf that we uphold the provisions of the and-- aging americans act and cause us to be visible advocatesfor older americans including the 3 million pennsylvania citizens aged 60 years of age or older. for us in the year 2020, the year of perfect vision, one in four pennsylvania's will be aged 60 or older. we believe that the trajectory can be influenced and changed. the current infrastructure anchored by our state plan and the state plan on alzheimer's and related disorders is in perfect alignment with the committee recognizing need to further invest in a nationwide public health response that will promote better treatment and care for those living with alzheimer's. while my written testimony outlines the first few points, i will focus the remainder of the testimony on the need and the opportunity to better leverage older americans act services for the hundreds and thousands of pennsylvanians with alzheimer's or related. wanted 12 families are impacted by alzheimer's or related disorder more than 75-- pennsylvania caregivers are providing billions of dollars in unpaid care to loved ones

. >> i mentioned the late tom wolfe being among most famous.k stands right up there with the right stuff. trust me on that. did that trouble you? did that worry you, or did you just sort of say maybe i'll call these guys and see what they know and see what they're like? >> well, it did worry me a little bit, but i was so overwhelmed with excitement because i believed i knew a lot about space exlo ration. i -- exploration. i certainly knew a lot about apollo 11 and apollo 13. but the fact that i did not know anything about apollo are 8 even as i stood there looking at the capsule really excited me. and one of the first thingses i did was going home and do search, and i started to see other astronauts talk about apollo 8. and each one spoke with reverence in a way they didn't even speak about their own missions, neil armstrong included. after i listened to an interview with neil armstrong who was a backup crew member for apollo 8 that he considered apollo 8 to be an even bigger leap for mankind than his own flight, that told me i was on the right

tom wolf making it mandatory for all students in 7 through 12th grade to take a civics exam it will berepresentative and how many u.s. senators are there? students will not have to pass the test in order to graduate. being front and center proves to be just a little too much for one little ballerina. some say the show must go on. pay attention to the left side of your screen to see what happens next. >> okay, so that's bella's dad mark, who tried to calm her down from the side of the stage during this performance in bermuda. when that failed he actually joined her and saved the day but take a look at that he has baby in hand. he has daughter in the other hand. showing off the dance moves. that is quite a dad. here is a look at your headlines. see if everyone made it outside. abby: mercy me, i can only imagine is one of the biggest songs ever recorded. on top of inspiring millions across the globe also the inspiration behind the recent box office smash hit. steve: grammy nominated mercy live joins us with the greatest album, ladies and gentlemen, mercy me. look who is here. [cheers and

tom, thank you for appearing today and we appreciate your thoughts. >> thank you, wolf. >>> other news we're following. the president reportedly wants to quit the world trade organization as europe fears it's in, quote, trump hell. >>> plus as thousands of children are still separated from their families with no clear reunification plan in sight, hillary clinton says her worst fears about the trump presidency have come true. and now former president obama is also speaking out. show me the carfax? now the car you want and the history you need are easy to find. show me used minivans with no reported accidents. boom. love it. [struggles] show me the carfax. start your used car search and get free carfax reports at the all-new carfax.com. join t-mobile. and get netflix included for the whole family. so you can get lost in space in your own backyard... or get pumped up for your grand entrance. only t-mobile lets you watch your favorite movies and shows in more places, without paying more. get an unlimited family plan with netflix on us. and right now at t-mobile, buy one samsung galaxy s9 a

wolf. >> miguel marquez on the border with mexico. thank you very much. >>> more on all of this. democratic senator tom udall of new mexico is a key member of the senate foreign relations committee. thank you for joining us. >> pleasure, wolf. >> so you visited that facility and cnn wasn't allowed to bring a camera inside and the department of health and human services releasing their own official video and we're showing it right now. does this government hand-out reflect the conditions you saw there. >> i don't think there is a real argument on conditions. i think the thing that worries me the most is the scars these children are going to bear from being separated from their families. you talk to all of the mental health professionals and what we're talking about is very serious psychological damage, things like that, that could last a lifetime. and so i went down there to talk to the children, i got in on the second day to talk to the children. and asked them how they were doing. many of them have been held two and three and four months. so this is a long time to be away from parents and throughout t

tom hohman is the acting director of customs enforcement and was on with wolf yesterday. >> is this new zero-tolerance policy that the president has support, that the attorney general announced, is it humane? >> i think -- i think it's the law. as law enforcement -- >> look, it's the policy, but is it humane? >> i think it's the law, i'm law enforcement, i must follow the law. >> those pauses are telling. and also jeff sessions, the attorney general, making this case in "usa today" today that the children are being cared for well. in fact, they get better care than a lot of american kids do. they're provided plenty of food, education in their language, health and dental case, and transported to their destination city all at taxpayer expense. in total, hhs is spending more than $1 billion taxpayer dollars a year providing quality care. is the white house making the sound case that this is right? the right thing to do? >> yeah. he's almost making is sound like summer camp. not only are they defending it here, but he's saying they're getting better treatment than a lot of ot

congressman tom reed from western new york, a fellow western new yorker, thank you very much for joining us. >> always a pleasure, wolf. >> let's go back. the president is speaking once again to the cabinet. >> because our country cannot continue to run like this. we can't have open borders. you have to have borders. you don't have a country without borde borders. they have to be enforced. it has to be a strict enforcement. at the same time we want people to come into our country. we need them. we have many companies right now moving back into the united states. they need workers. we have 3.8% unemployment. they need workers. we have to have them come in. i'm saying, i want people to come in. they have to come in through a merit system, but we can have a lot of people come into our country through the merit system so they can help these companies that are looking so hard for people to make the company work. but the -- in a very, very simple way, congress has to get together, get their act together. democrats and republicans, they have to come up with a solution. i have ideas, they have ideas, we can put them together

wolf, age 58. he was the intel committee's security director for 29 years. he knows everything, tomurprised. this is a senior guy and was privy to a vast array of classified information. and i have to tell you, when have you leaks at this nature at this level it's a deterrent for anyone at the justice department to share information with people to congress. if you give information to congress and turn it over to this guy and in an hour he's on the phone to reporters that's a problem. >> bill: and can pick and choose what to leak. he can dictate a news cycle, as you well know there living in washington. now, let me me of to the i.g. report, we believe, will be made public in six days. in about a week and a half a man doing the report, michael horowitz will appear before a senate committee one day and house committee the next. that will all be seen by all of us. what is your expectation as to how this story can change? >> i think the biggest question here, bill, is what he finds in his report as the possible misconduct that occurred weekend the scenes in 2016 and two, what his recomme

tom forman, thanks. follow me on facebook and twitter at jake tapper and tweet the show at "the lead." and we read them. that is it for "the lead." i turn you over to wolfroom." thanks for watching. >>> happening now, breaking news. republican mutiny. president trump is about to huddle with house republicans as a growing number of gop lawmakers voice opposition to his policy of separating undocumented children from their parents at the border. will the president derail two major immigration bills up for a house vote this week. >>> lawyering up. a source tells cnn that mr. trump's long time personal lawyer michael cohen plans to hire an experienced trial lawyer in new york as cohen contemplates whether to fight charges he may face from the criminal investigation he's under or whether to flip on the president. >>> returning fire. president trump orders u.s. trade officials to identify an additional

wolf. >> dana, thank you. >>> complicated situation. dana bash up on capitol hill. more on this. joining us now, the acting director of the u.s. immigration and customs enforcement, i.c.e. as it is called, and tom thanks for coming in. you heard what the republican majority leader mitch mcconnell said, that every republican in the conference, they don't want to see what is going on right now. the little kids separated from moms and dads as they await adjudication. what do you say about that. >> nobody wants to see that. i'm a law enforcement officer for 34 years and the men and women of i.c.e. are all law enforcement officers. we see sad things every day. but we still have to do our job. so there is a way congress could address it. they could fix this and that is what we're hoping they do. >> the president could fix it too, because it was the trump administration and in april which announced this change from earlier administrations, the bush administration and the obama administration to go ahead and separate the kids from parents. >> we've been separating even in the last administration -- >> but this is a policy change that jeff sessions announced after it was debated for more than a year by