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Favorite novels ever written, home, and hold tight. if you reason is read them, go read them. my friend, and more importantly, barbara bushs friend. >> its good to be here, but on a sad occasion. >> you and i met around books. you were on a book tour. you were the famous person who when barbara bush asked me to come on a book event with her, she said harlan was here last year. >> when she asked you, you would always go. she was a force for literacy. we talk about how great of a matriarch and how...

Focus, of course, on the former president bush, he suffering from parkinsons and in a wheelchair and frail, it was she with congestive heart failure and with the pulmonary disease that really brought her down that was more gravely ill. her health had been failing for quite some time. in these last few days, friends and family members were reading from her mem barpz she deeply appreciated that. one reader was susan baker, wife of the former secretary of state treasury secretary and chief of staff...

The character, an old nationed american man living in todays current political cultural climate and there is a character, mr. landlord. at one point the character talks about impeaching mr. landlord at the end. is that a stand-in for president trump per se. >> that is the readers choice. for me, the book is much more about -- say the cumulative 15 years or so in particular that all of us have participated in and in what president trump or other things in the culture today in creating that. those...

He went too far, criticizing not just the presidents actions but his appearance, his hands, the color of his face, the texture of his hair. but he responded to that criticism by saying this, also in this npr interview, im not making fun of the president, comey says. im trying to be an author, which ive never been before in my life. while im typing, i can hear the editors voice ringing in my head, bring the reader with you. show them inside your head. and by the way, not that this matters, but i ...

Characteristics. listen to this. >> im trying to be an author and bring people into this room. i tried to create a vivid image for the reader. im not trying to make fun of president trump, im not trying to make fun of everybody. but if you read the whole book, youll see im trying to give you that pick. >> he talks about the presidents hair, his tan, the size of his hands, which a lot of people have suggested undermines the credibility of the book. >> i dont know that it undermines the credibilit...

And the way he chose to write certain things, whether it be the physical descriptions, whether it be seeming to being to get down in the gutter quite literally and figuratively when dealing with some of the more salacious moments here. listen. >> im trying to be an author and bring the readers with me into a room so i describe all kinds of people in great detail to try and create a vivid image for the reader. im not trying to make fun of president trump. im not trying to make fun of anybody. if ...

Very much. >> critics have described parts of comeys new books trivial when he talks about the presidents hair and the size of his hands. he says he wrote those things with the advice of his editors. >> im not making fun of the president. im trying to be an author, bring the reader with you, show them inside your head. not this matters but i found his hands to be above average in size. im not making fun of the man. im trying to tell the reader whats in my head. >> judith regan is with me. she is...

I want to play you james comey, how hes responding to some of the literary and political criticism of his book, the fact he decided to be so detailed in some of his criticisms of the president, including his personal appearance. listen. >> im trying to be an author and bring the readers with me into a room, and so i describe all kinds of people in great detail, to try and create a vivid image for the reader. im not trying to make fun of president trump. im not trying to make fun of anybody. if y...

Create a vivid image for the reader. im not trying to make fun of president trump. im not try to make fun of anybody. if you read the whole book, youll see them trying to give you that picture. >> harris: when you look at that picture, it includes really going after the president to such a degree of the rnc now has an entire program countering james comeys book. >> josh: the idea that hes not personally attacking the president is preposterous. of course he is. hes taking a shot to his physical a...

>> seriously, just what it looks like, even to just a nufl reader, just the two headlines, not having any deeper knowledge of ols than that. tuesdays front page story in the same spot says no. >> what is happening around the country is that smart people are meeting and trying to figure out how do we do with this new kind of threat. all of this is going on and there is a lot on the table that needs to be figured out. >> were going to sneak in our last break, dont go anywhere.