A new book. Things that matter is not a confessional memoir or scandalous kissandtell. Its a collection of newspaper and magazine pieces from the pulitzer prizewinning columnist. Or maybe its more than that. Are you decoding my book . I am decoding it right now. Like its entirely about me. [ laughs ] but its all written in hieroglyphics. Well, its not quite as impenetrable as hieroglyphics. Lets start with part one of your book, and it is titled personal. And in there, the first column is really an incredibly moving piece about your brother. Marcel krauthammer died of cancer. He was 59. Charles writes this about his older brother. He taught me most everything i ever learned about every sport i ever played. He taught me how to throw a football, hit a backhand, grip a nine iron, field a grounder, dock a sailboat in the tailing wind. And how we played. It was paradise. Tell me about that. It was a paradisiacal childhood. My brother and i were inseparable. He was four years older, which is
possible. he said the same thing to abc. in that sense i have to go back aook. about the prostitutes and the urine. but i don t know. i m not again i m too polite to mention that on air, as well. it s a medical term. you re right. golden shower. let s put the urine aside, what do you think about him not saying yes i think the nation would be better off? he think it is president is a forest fire. better off without a forest fire? he couldn t clear that low bar. the other things grow after the forest fire is the metaphor he uses. what now? jackie can i can just agree. also a development of i want your perspective on this. we have 80 seconds. which is the question about whether or not michael cohen will flip. former attorney for president trump said that he should be worried, concerns of michael cohen testifying against
greatest thing ever, you probably don t really like the president f. you re david urban and you really like the president you re going to think james comey is a liar and out for himself. i think it s hard to say it s moved needle on the president, just the book itself. and the book is worth reading and i think interesting. there isn t anything really new in terms of factual points about his relationship with president trump about things that interaexs of president trump so jackie might be right. a political rorschach tests. he s 85% amongst republican based voters. this isn t moving the needle with them whatsoever. a quick point back to the interview you did there and pressed him on the notion about general kelly calling the president a liar. you said i thought dishonorable. suggested. euphemism. you pushed him on it. he suddenly couldn t recall
picked to start a playoff game. with a huge national tv audience watching, he suddenly couldn t throw a strike. he never pitched the same again. but instead of quitting, ankiel went back down to the minors, learned a new position, and returned to the majors as a hitter. the column is reprinted in krauthammer s book, things that matter. it s in the personal section just a few pages after the piece about his brother, marcel. i was thinking about this column. this is not really about you. but then your last line, the catastrophe that awaits everyone from a single false move, wrong turn, fatal encounter, every life has such a moment. what distinguishes us is whether and how we ever come back. that s why the rick ankiel story resonated so much with me. i mean, i had my fatal encounter, as did rick ankiel. there s an element about
2000, fell apart when he was picked to start a playoff game. with a huge national tv audience watching, he suddenly couldn t throw a strike. he never pitched the same again. but instead of quitting, ankiel went back down to the minors, learned a new position, and returned to the majors as a hitter. the column is reprinted in krauthammer s book, things that matter. it s in the personal section just a few pages after the piece about his brother, marcel. i was thinking about this column. this is not really about you. but then your last line, the catastrophe that awaits everyone from a single false move, wrong turn, fatal encounter, every life has such a moment. what distinguishes us is whether and how we ever come back. that s why the rick ankiel story resonated so much with me. i mean, i had my fatal encounter, as did rick ankiel.