♪ >> bret: when charles krauthammer died last summer, daniel krauthammer inherited the job of completing the book his father left unfinished. charles 'previous book "things that matter" was a huge best seller. the point of it all would be the final word from the influential writer and commentator. daniel wondered if he was up to the task. >> the point of i -- "the point of it all" started as his next collection, he also had a book on foreign policy in big nideas he was working on. those two projects he was moving away with when his health crisis struck. but as things were getting better, and we saw, we thought we saw the light at the end of the tunnel, and i had jerry-rigged all kinds of stuff in the hospital room for him to work at his computer. so he got back to working on the book. on organizing it. starting to lay it out more.