Reporter from the New York Herald tribune, called them adventurers with an intellectual overlay. They were calling it the National Party and they were lighting out for louisiana the very next day to try to sign on huey long as their new party. And they showed him the slogan, the need is for one party. And they also showed him the snazzy new pennants they had designed, blazoned with aerodynamic flyingwedge emblems, which they would be mounting on johnsons automobile. And they also laid out their new partys platform, which consisted of its enity of Direct Action and loyalty. They wasnt nothing but courage and loyalty, the kind that John Dillinger and al capone required. And, quote, mr. Johnson favored a submachine gun, the Herald Tribune reported but mr. Blackburn preferred one of the larger type of pistols. The next day the pair of 20somethings attached their flyingwedge felt pennants to the fenders of johnsons barronial 12cylinder packard. What that is from, i wrote a book. We just got
what that is from, i wrote a book. we just got the confirmed publication date and we just got my first look at the cover. this is what it looks like. the book is called pre-quel, an american fight against fascism. it comes out october 17th. i have been killing myself getting it done, which is why i look this way. but it is done. and this is the very first announcement i have been able to make about it. writing, i find, is the absolute hardest thing in the world. i do think of the books i have written, i wrote drift which was the military and politics in the military and blowout which was about russia, bag man about the spiro agnew story.
and this is the one i feel most compelled to right. i ll tell you more about it as we get closer to the publication date. i am going to do some kind of book tour this fall when it comes out. not like a giant book tour but somewhere between a half dozen or dozen cities. so if you have any desire to see me in person, i ll let you know where i m going to be. again, that s this fall. and if you think you might want to read the book, like i said, it comes out october 17th but today is the day, as of today you can preorder it so that you get it the day it comes out, which is why i wanted to tell you about it today because today is the first day for preorders. today is the first day you can put in a preorder. the title is pre-quel. you can order it on line as of right now on msnbc.com/prequel.
that the trump administration would seek to change the relationship between the u.s. and china. in beijing, alexandra field, cnn. alexandra, thank you. we end with a bit of a galaxy far, far away but in los angeles. the world premiere of rogue one. a star wars story. shut down the streets in hool wood. it s a stand alone pre-quel. it tells the story of rebels who steal the plans for the death star. storm troopers, aliens, even an x wing turned out for the premiere. the film begins its global release on wednesday. that wraps this hour of cnn newsroom. i m george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. for our viewers in the united states, new day is next. for or our viewers, this is life with lisa ling is next. thanks for watching cnn. the world s news leader.
week. it really takes on as your brother said, quite interesting. it says finding jesus in the old testament. something you re doing might ruffle a few feathers trying to do that. i explain to i do believe that the old testament is christ-centered. when i came to christ, one of the main ways i did it was through the old testament. there s unbelievable prophecy such as psalms 22 about sees us life, death and resurrection in such specificity it will blow r your mind. they were written hundreds of years before christ was born. there s typology, the covenants, jesus work as prophet, priest and king when he became in the new testament. those were foreshadowed in the old testament. made perfect in him. it s all christ-centered i think. why now for this book and who is it for? well, i wrote an earlier book, jesus on trial. this was kind of a pre-quel.