william blake said maybe the greatest religious text the reason not milton wrote when he spoke of jesus and god at liberty is he was a true poet blake did not believe that but it was brilliant that satan runs away with paradise lost and "star wars" is a cartoon but he went there. it has seductive power with the possible exception he has mystery he is captivating and captures the narrative. but yet he restores balance to the force. luke was right but at the same time not coincidentally having the same name as george lucas he goes start when his sister's threatened the novel is completely clear about this season and the ecstatic period. you can see that on the screen that is pretty good bet is a potential of the very worst of us. that is something he got in a simple way that is devastating. see if they're current crew gets at the same thing is much more complicated that is my prediction. >> how do people respond with many serious topics. >> i don't feel super proud to walk around with the book in academic institutions. [laughter] i am talking about a chapter of the book at the ivy league

jerusalem, it's named after a poem by william blake, and it's really the story of life in a family and mysteries and and the universe, and i think it's a work of fiction that will last for a hundred years. alan moore also, v for victory, has a huge, huge fan base. watchman. and you're going to see an explosion of interest in his work. >> host: is it about the city of jerusalem? >> guest: no. jerusalem, it's about the underclasses of northampton, england, but it's taken -- jerusalem was written by william blake, and it's about the poor people of england in the 1600s. and he's transsupposed this to -- transsupposed in the to north hampton. the characters would remind you a lot of joyce's characters of ulysses. it's a very ambitious, exciting book, and i think it will explode. >> host: a couple more books we want to share with you that are coming up. eric j. dolan. >> guest: a lot of people in your audience know of him. he has written a three century, four-century history of lighthouses starting with the boston lighthouse, even until today, what has happened to lighthouses. he tells the s

john mills said, i'm sought william blake says speaking of john milton maybe the author of the greatest religious tact outside of the bible, he said the reason that milton wrote in fetters when he spoke of jesus and god and at liberty when he spoke of satan in hell is that he was a true poet. of the devil's party without knowing it. blake did not quite believe that, but it is a brilliant comment, comment, that satan runs away with paradise law. he does, he has the energy of the dark side. star wars is in many ways occur to but lucas went there. the dark side has seductive power, bader's most erotic, probably the only roddick with the possible exception of princess leia figure. he has mystery about them, is captivating, and he captures the narrative. and yet, he is the one who restores balance to the force. he is the one who is reading. luke was right about him. he had goodness in him. the same time, luke our hero, luke, not hero, luke, not coincidently having the same name kind of as the george lucas, luke who is the earnest farm boy who is all goodness, he goes dark. one his sisters th

tonight -- blake shelton, from "the night of," actor michael k. williams, music from blake shelton, featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and mary timony. ?? [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers, this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] yeah, it's good to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. happy birthday to president obama, who turned 55 today. he made a wish and blew out the candles, but then when he opened birthday, vice president joe biden tweeted out an image of friendship bracelets that someone had made for them. and then later today, donald trump tweeted a picture of the ones he made for hillary clinton. [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] those are not friendship bracelets. [ cheers and applause ] starting to think you two aren't really friends. a fox news national poll found that people prefer hillary clinton to donald trump by ten points, while an msnbc poou has already been president for two years. [ laughter ] donald trump yesterday met with rnc

tonight -- blake shelton, from "the night of," actor michael k. williams, music from blake shelton, featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and mary timony. ?? [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers, this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] yeah, it's good to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. happy birthday to president obama, who turned 55 today. he made a wish and blew out the candles, but then when he opened

tonight -- blake shelton, from "the night of," actor michael k. williams, music from blake shelton, featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and mary timony. ? [ cheers and applause ] ladies and genemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers, this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] yeah, it's good to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. happy birthday to president obama, who turned 55 today. he made a wish and blew out the candles, but then when he opened in honor of president obama's birthday, vice president joe biden tweeted out an image of friendship bracelets that someone had made for them. and then later today, donald trump tweeted a picture of the ones he made for hillary clinton. [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] those are not friendship bracelets. [ cheers and applause ] starting to think you two aren't really friends. a fox news national poll found that people prefer hillary clinton to donald trump by ten points, while an msnbc has already been president for two years. [ laughter ] donald trump

tonight -- blake shelton, from "the night of," actor michael k. williamspplause ] yeah, it's good to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. happy birthday to president obama, who turned 55 today. he made a wish and blew out the candles, but then when he opened his eyes, he was still president.

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blake filed an excessive force complaint and called a news demand an investigation. >>> thousands of protesters planning a rally, calling for an end to police brutality and firing of nypd commissioner william bradden. anthony is live. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. look across the street here at broadway and park row. you can see the barricades they surround city hall, out here this morning. a wall stop advance of protesters taking their demands directly to city hall. one of their top priorities is the removal of police commissioner william bradden and broken windows policy aimed at cracking down on low level crimes a as way to prevent more serious crime. a platform pubbed by the black pda, many chained themselves, saying the union protects officers that shoot black people. they want to end massive incarceration and deportation and adding rights of transgender people. the new york protest is part of a series of actions set to place mace and the country. calling for defunding nypd. focused on shutting down city hall park. in past they spread out through the streets and caused major traffic jams, closed off bridges and highways, and criticized by many after the shooting of five police