secretary of state office where she was one of the highest profile muslim americans to serve in the executive branch. you may also know her from her relationship with anthony weiner but she's not told her full story publicly until now. in her now book "both and" she shares her extraordinary personal journey growing up in saudi arabia to being the right hand person to one of the most powerful people in the world. huma abedin joins me now. i said this off camera so i'll say it on camera. it's shocking to think about the fact we've never really seen you do interviews or hear you because you're familiar with democratic politics for so long you were the person off to the right. so how did it feel to move from just off to the right to center stage telling your story? >> well, first of all, so excited to be on the show with you today but i have to say, i preferred being behind the scenes, prefer being invisible. everything is new to me so i'm