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Something different this summer and actually talk to people, invite friends over to dinner. and i cant tell you, every dinner discussion somehow always got back to this. >> its true. >> and most of the people that were talking about it, surprisingly enough, were left of center people who were going to take their kids out of new york city schools, who were left of center parents who had sent their kids to boarding schools, left of center parents who sent their kids to the best schools. theyre all...

Theres topics that cant be brought up. one yale professor told me about an incident from history that he used to discuss with his students that he doesnt discuss anymore because hes afraid it will offend them. that means we have universities, we have schools, we have other institutions where things that actually happen, difficult subjects arent dealt with. and that does bode ill for the rest of us and its worth discussing and confronting honestly. >> boy, this is so important. walter, lets talk ...

Alone, okay? what did this meeting mean in terms of sparking interest? this isnt just about the media, this was about how other g20 leaders saw it. pull up the excerpt from the "new york times." the dinner discussion caught the attention of other leaders around the table, some of whom later remarked prooivately onne odd spectacle of an american president seeming to single out the russian leader for special attention at a summit meeting that included some of the united states staunchiest, oldest ...

The dinner discussion caught the attention of other leaders around the table, some of whom later remarked privately on the odd spectacle of an american president seeming to single out the russian leader for special attention at a summit meeting that included some of the united states staunchest, oldest allies. in some cases this is just so outside of the bounds of what any other u.s. president has ever done. >> i think this is also going to be a big issue on capitol hill in terms of his allies ...

>> something else we learned yesterday is that the president of the united states had a second extended conversation at the g-20. we now have learned that at the dinner, he went over to vladimir putin. first melania trump sat next to vladimir putin at the dinner. he spent merely an hour with vladimir putin, with no other american official with him. putins translator, mputin and the president of the united states. go online, it just doesnt happen that way. ronald reagan wouldnt do it. bill clinto...

Cars. >> i kept it to myself and after a dinner discussion we decided we should do something for them. >> reporter: ben asked friends and family to hand over their unused gift cards. >> it did surprise me. but he is such a great kid. he inspires me. i am impressed by his interest in caring about other people. >> reporter: he has collected nearly 80 cards and more keep coming. >> people are sending them in the mail. >> happy holidays. >> reporter: he has been walking up and down university avenue...

>> you are absolutely right. and i dont know if it is the same for you as somebody who eats raw. for me, not only is it hard to eat the foods that everybody else is eating but it is hard to be the topic of the dinner discussion. it is very important that everything that is in my book, everything that i cook is something that would be appropriate for everybody, whether you have food allergies or not. so because you are cooking everything that im presenting here, you know exactly whats going into ...

Lindsay and her mom going at it again. cant believe it. >> dont think she will be invited over for thanksgiving. >> no. awkward dinner discussion there too. speaking of awkward, guess what they turned into a musical in germany. yes, "rocky" now a musical in germany. just opened up there. with the backing of sly stallone himself. they have brought the musical to stage. taking a look. it clearly focuses on the rocky/adrian romance. so thats -- the gist of the whole thing. very, very cool. rocky ...

>> hey there, brooke. yeah, at this point we actually dont know a whole lot about exactly who the president is going to be speaking to. the white house not giving us a ton of clarity on whether these students are actually going to be survivors of that shooting at marjory stoneman douglas senior high school. we only know that the white house promised to give us more clarity as we get closer to the listening session on wednesday. i can tell you, though, that sources tell cnn that the president has...