when the new release of harper lee s book, the book sitting in the dust for 60 years, when it comes out tomorrow, a lot of people are getting a much different view of atticus finch that they thought they knew. you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. so? until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. that s really one of the famous lines that everyone remembers from to kill a mockingbird. for atticus finch fans and fans of to kill a mockingbird that s the atticus finch they have known and loved for half a century. now harper lee s new book go set a watchman could challenge readers to reassess and rethink this great protagonist. maureen corgan is the brook
use these two visions of atticus for useful discussion. also, since the novels are set at different times, to kill a mockingbird is set in the depression, this is in the thick of the civil rights movement as it s gathering force, it could be useful in order to talk about people s resistance. but isn t it possible harper lee changed her mind? she wrote this first draft of go set a watchman request where atticus is a racist ander editor said try it again and she thought i m going to write a version of where atticus isn t a racist. you re believing the official story. i find this novel suspicious. it reads like a failed sequel. it doesn t read like a first draft of the novel we know and love. maureen corrigan, we re waiting to read it. thank you so much. thanks for breaking my heart, maureen, come back again. thanks so much for joining us
expected to speak around 6:15 eastern. thank you so much for joining me today. i m carol costello. at this hour with berman and bolduan starts now. one of the world s most notorious drug lords is right now on the run after a daring escape from a maximum security prison. one expert says if el chapo isn t caught in the next 24 hours, kiss him good-bye. and we could be minutes away from history. we re expecting an announcement soon about a nuclear deal with iran you a about what sin siis this deal and who gave more? and in a new book atticus finch is portrayed as racist. what is behind harper lee s stunning twist? hello, ern. i m john berman. i m kate bald wynn.
motorcycle through it. who helped him? how high up does this go? and speaking of el chapo, donald trump tells america i told you so. next, a republican who supports trump, another who can t stand him takes on trump s momentum. and it s like finding out santa claus hates kids. the image of one of america s iconic heroes, a pillar of decency shattered. the new release that says atticus finch is a racist. say it ain t so, harper. say it ain t so. (wat(birds chirping)