leaves in disgrace. then, breaking news on the debt ceiling. and progressive congressman mark joins me to call out kevin mccarthy s dangerous game. i am charles blow in for mehdi hasan. let s get started. tonight we begin with a surprising allegation from a former member of donald trump s legal team. tim peloton is now publicly blasting a current trump lawyer just days after the advising the former president on the special counsel s classified documents investigation. peloton longtime legal association boris epstein attempted to enter fear with searches for quote, in my opinion he has not been very honest with us or the cline on certain things. there were certain things like the searches that he had attempted to interfere with. parlatore, who said he had left the trump team due to infighting, may defending trump more difficult. a trump campaign spokesman said that his assertions were categorically false. it is also worth noting that parlatore hasn t just served on t
today we know that these three writers are gifts to the english language. this morning, the first author that i will be introducing non-other than dave barry. let s give him a round of applause before he comes out. [applause] we all know that you cannot do justice to his talents and there he is. [applause] you just can t do justice by reading has lengthy biography or saying that his new work, insane city , his first adult novel in more than a decade. he is an individual for over 25 years have appeared in 25 newspapers, winner of the pulitzer prize and it s pretty cool. like every other kid in the 305, i grew up relishing reading him and today we are hearing from a hometown favorite in dave barry. in our next author is roy blount. come on out and let s give him a round of applause. [applause] a master of language and the humorist to boot. he has authored 22 books in a wide range from robert ely to the pittsburgh steelers if you are an npr nerd, and you may also know h
care doctor at memorial. he was there for the five days? he certainly was. and he felt it was the right thing to do but there were others who didn t. can you say that the doctors at memorial were euthanizing patients? well, the book, five days at memorial: life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital , takes you into debt by euthanasia they hasten the death by euthanasia or medicines, order can be called death by murder. he arrested several because a year-long investigation took place and some of the staff who felt like, according to medical ethics and the laws of the land, according to the will of the family members who are present in some cases, that we don t do this. that there is a tradition in medicine the goes back to the time of hippocrates the doctors should not be in the role of hastening death and that is something that our medical codes in the united states are very against and they say they are not allowed. there are few places where euthanasia is allowed,
upper right side of the page. and now on booktv, from the 30th annual miami book fair international, peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times. he answered viewer phone calls about his book, days of fire: bush and cheney in the white house. this is about 40 minutes. host: and joining us now is peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times and author of this newauo book, days of fire: bush and cheney in the white house. first of all, peter baker, weerb are just watching president bush. what d you learn from decision points ? guest: i learned a lot. i think he was willing toh revisit and open up about events that he didn t feel comfortable talking about in quite the same degree of detail when he was in office. be a part of this, he didn t talk about it to the same degree, he talks about how katrina was handled and he still obviously believes in the iraq war, and he talks about how he feels in particular and i though
think that. he was the decider. we have been talking with peter becker, chief white house correspondent of the new york times, also the author of this new book days a fire, bus to have. not to really a reality show. i had to wait. [laughter] it was 10 minutes early. no. i got stuck. did he get through? okay. that will open a. how re you? day now the president tried to plot your book? i was assured there was a guest bush shortly but that would be enjoyable. there was a whole group of us that were stock. literally. two blocks away and i could not get there. i was stuck. see how far this town has gotten? [laughter] how are you? how is it going? that s nice. when i go to the bookstore i find your book everywhere but my book know where. [laughter] i think it is yours now. [laughter] nice to see you. i saw you last week or the week before behind me. i was going to do york. it was the early-morning train. right? things are good? there you go. a long night. [i