imagine the underground railroad before the civil war was an actual railroad underground and everybody thinks it's fantastic. and he threw has a huge novel coming out that people are excited about. robert owen butler the pulitzer prize winner has a book coming out that apparently reaches back to his vietnam war days and is supposed to be wonderful too. >> host: who are some of your go to others'? >> guest: patches always fantastic. i love jonathan franzen. edna o'brien's novels are as wonderful. the last book a few weeks ago is just fantastic or they couldn't believe it. i am amazed by the number of fine authors we have in this country and the number we keep producing every year. i hate to say it's better writing part rams are really good at producing fine fiction writers. >> host: there are many more books produced that need to review. more and more i think people need direction. they go to the bookstore is just overwhelming. there are so many books so they want to know basically what should i read and it's getting harder and harder to justify using a limited space to tell people here

>> across the underground railroad. it wasn't an actual railroad underground. and he has a huge novel coming out in a few weeks apparently it is about his vietnam war days. >> i am a sucker for anything in the last book a few weeks ago i'm amazed by what we have been this country and the writing programs there are many more books produced. many more. >> that is a recommendation. so they want to know that it is getting harder and harder to tell people here is a book you have never heard of. otherwise i will point them to the books that they will enjoy it. >> is an important of of political books? >> a lot of expertise the nonfiction editor with the elections coming up anything that would impinge on aw or government. >> had you develop your best-seller list? mcfadyen generated for us. >> then we filter out the text books at certain times of the year. it did make it to it here to the editorial judgment. >> it doesn't tend to defer that much once the well there will be another event that will do it. and that is pretty much a the nationalist. every like those idiosy

. >> guest: the big one is about the underground railroad, which imagines that the underground railroad before the civil war was an actual railroad underground and everybody says it's fantastic. anny approve has a huge model coming out. robert butler, he has a book coming out. reaches back to this vietnam war days. suppose told be wonderful, too. >> host: who are someoff your go torn authors. >> guest: i'm a suck are for anybody anne rites and i love jonathan franzen. i am amazed by the number of really fine authors we have in this country and the number we keep producing every year. i have to say, our writing program are really good at producing fine fiction writers. many more books being produced we want to review than we have room for. many more. i won't say every review we run as a recommendation, but more and more we are turning that way because people need direction. they go into the book store and it's overwhelming. so many books and they want to know, basically, what should i read? and it's getting harder and harder, i think to justify using our limited space to tell people here

it will be cold about the underground railroad. during the civil war was an actual rail word underground. everybody took it. and they have a huge novel coming out in a few weeks. people are very excited about it. it reaches back to his vietnam war days. it's must be wonderful also. what are some of your go to authors. i love jonathan. in the novels are always wonderful. i just couldn't believe it. i am amazed by the number of really fine authors we head in this country and the number we keep producing every year. the programs are really good. there are many more books being produced that we want to review than we had room for. i will say that everyone is a recommendation but more and more i think we are turning that way because people need direction. it's just overwhelming. there are so many books. what should i read. it's getting harder and harder to justify using our limited space to tell people. there is no danger of them finding that book anyhow. i don't want a lot of pants in the paper. i want to save people time. i want books

the colonial home is sitting oni top of what is believed to beve parts of the underground railroad.ally tore a hole io the basement floor.floo that's when workers say they made the amazing discovery. it was something i've never seen before. i've been doing this 20 yearshis and never seen anything like it. >> the rooms would be hidden, behind something, under u something, blocked off somehow so it's very likely.ik i'm a little bit in shock thath we lived here for so many years and never knew that this existed. the homeowner says her parents bought the home back in the 1970s. she heard rumors about the railroad but never believed it was truth.trut first lady michelle obama toured. the first lady's daughter sashaa and maly and mrs. obama's mothes is visiting the country. it's part of a tour to promote young girls to be educated. they also visited liberia and maracco. an incredible journey let's going to find out what's goingog to be happening around our areaa for the next few days. mike thomas the pressure is on. >> we're going to try our bestur to get you the weather forecast for the

the hopeful runaway slaves who went north on the underground railroad. struggle,r history of said dr. martin luther king, canada was the north star. the freedom road links us together. were bounded as well by the service of those who defended us. the beaches of normandy. these guys of the baltics. more recently in the mountains of afghanistan, training bases in iraq. their sacrifice is reflected in the silent rows of arlington and in the peace tower above us. today we honor those who gave their lives for all of us. [applause] we are linked together as well but the institutions that we don't to keep the peace. a united nations to advance our collective aspirations. to ensure our security. americans and canadians didn't watch side-by-side. we are linked by a vast web of commerce of goods from one end of this continent to another. we are linked by the title friendship and family. and in my case and outstanding brother-in-law from burlington. i give burlington a shout out. our relationship is so remarkable precisely because it seems so unremarkable, which is

pierpont he is the author of several books, including "washington," " bound for canaan, the underground railroad and the battle for the soul of america," and "henry clay and stephen douglas and the compromise that preserved the union, which won the los angeles times the price in history. on a newrently working book focusing on the role of congress during the civil war, and tonight, is going to join us to speak about his first book, the first congress, how james madison, george washington, and a group of extraordinary men invented big government. please join me in welcoming bordewich. [applause] . fergus: hi, everyone. i've seen you can hear me clearly in the back? not too bad? thank you all for being here. i'm going to allow as much time as i can for questions afterward, because i know this is going to be both a well-informed and provocative group of people. not every group i speak to is. occasionally, i find myself saying, there were two houses of congress. fortunately, i am not worried about that tonight. and, naturally, i want to thank mount vernon for having me here and for providing such a

the hope of run-away slaves who went north on an underground railroad. "deep in our history of struggle," said dr. martin luther king, jr., "canada was the north star. the freedom road links us together." we're bound as well by the service of those who've defended us -- at flanders field, the beaches of normandy, in the skies of the balkans, and more recently, in the mountains of afghanistan, and training bases in iraq. their sacrifice is reflected in the silent rows of arlington and in the peace tower above us. and today, we honor those who gave their lives for all of us. [applause] president obama: we're linked together, as well, by the institutions that we've built to keep the peace. a united nations to advance our collective aspirations. a nato alliance to ensure our security. norad, where americans and canadians stand watch side by side -- and track santa on christmas eve. [laughter]

that was -- >> if you look at the underground railroad, there were -- this was white and black and people worked together to save people that needed help. >> president obama is simply trying to make up for the eight years that blacks have been believing he was going to be this uniter, this person that's going to raise up the economic value of black people, and he's failed that. >> all right. you guys are the pastors. i got to get to the harvard grad. >> oh, no. >> why do you always say it? >> why would you be upset? if i went to harvard, i did three and a half years of college, they say, hannity, college dropout. >> it doesn't mean anything. >> i ran out of money. i was broke. >> and look where you ended up. it's okay. >> but you have been one of the most passionate and outspoken voices in the hispanic community for donald trump, and he's taken heat because of his immigration policies. >> and i always tell people, i don't support him in spite of being latino. i support him because i'm a latino. he is a champion for us. and at the end of the day, i think your community agrees with my commu

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