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Mr. Khan, an honor to meet you. Thank you. And thank you very much for being here, sir. Thank you. I am honored to be here. I believe this book is extraordinary in many ways but maybe the most extraordinary way is it is the most patriotic book ive ever read. I walk away from reading this book with a sense of hope and optimism about america and a feeling of great patriotism. I dont know if thats what you intended. Did you intend that . This really is a story of all immigrants, all of us are immigrants. [evan] well, were all from some place, right . This is our story. This is the story of this b...

Applauding mr mayor, welcome. Thanks. Nice to see you, so youve been in your current job for a little more than six years. Thats right. Right . Going on seven years. Is it everything you thought it would be . laughing and more. And more. Im not sure anying can ite preparyou for being mayor of your home town. I mean youre working with everything from the sorta thing that you seeon good referce, by the way,hats good. I immediately know what youre talking about. Well it is about local government indiana. Right. Some ds it feels more like the wire. Havent had a lotta west wing days, its uslly eith...

Things together. I mean, did you say, im going to be a writer, and then all of a sudden you realized that your life was on the internet or. . No, i wrote offline, in print, for about 12 years almost exclusively, and its so funny. Colson whitehead has this recent piece about writers who complain that twitter and blogging is going to destroy their writing. And its actually a split that i never really understood much. I love print, and i like blogging and i like tweeting. You know, i like a lot of things. And so it never really struck me as being in contrast or even being a problem or, you know, ...

The night that i win the emmy. Being on the Supreme Court was an improbable dream. Its hard work and its controversial. Without information, there is no freedom. And its journalists who provide that information. Window rolls down and this guy says, hey, he goes to 11 00. Aughter]. Senator sanders, welcome. My pleasure. Very nice to see you, sir. Good to be here. Lets start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. Are you going to run for president . Giving serious thought about doing just that. Youve given it enough thought at this point. Why dont you just decide . [laughter]. Whats keeping...

Lets start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. Are you gonna run for president . I think i just got an f. applauding t. C. Boyle, welcome. My pleasure. Congratulations on the book. Thank you so much. I publish books all the time, every year, and i go out on the road and every once in a while somebody says, congratulations, and im wondering, for what . Its like going to war when you publish a book. No, its like giving birth, here it is. It was long awaited. No, no, the thing about this book that i thought was especially great was it took me back, truly took me back to the mid and early ...