a man named lawrence taylor. that wag was my hero agreeing up growing up. and if my mom had known 1/50th of what lawrence taylor was doing those posters would be torn the heck down. if you take the 53 guys in a locker room and go back to the environments that they came from and just pick 53 guys i glare ant --guarantee you that the 5 s in the locker room are going to be a better set of guys with goals and thing though want to achieve with yo with all of thee and problems. you will not find anyone in the n.f.l. in the locker room who will pass the more theresa character test. you will find guys that have all of the problems that come from those kind of backgrounds and it's 9 job of the organization and the leak to manage those problems. >> that is the important point that needs to be made the teams in the league have to take control of this. guys it's a discussion that could go on a long time i appreciate you discuss it with us tonight. people should gook el harry google harry edwards and see about his history. >> antonio . a high school in california is at

a man named lawrence taylor. i walked around new york with a 56 jersey. if i my mom had known one- 1/50 of what lawrence taylor was doing, i would have had to have taken pose posters down. >> you just pick 53 guys. i will absolutelybly guarantee you given the environments that they came from, that the 53 guys in that locker room are going to be a better set of guys in a sense of being disciplined, having goals, wanting things that they want to achieve, with all of the other baggage and problems that they bring to this environment, you're not going to find anybody in the nfl in a locker room who is going to pass the mother teresa character test. you're going to find guys who have all the problems of people who come from those kinds of backgrounds and it's the job of the organization and league to manage those problems. >> that's the important--that's the important point that has to be made. the teams appreciate you discussing this with us. >> google edwards, he has an important history. >> it's great to have him on the show. thank you both. time to see wha

>> i am friends with lawrence taylor the greatest defensive player of all-time. >> he called me screaming, for real? for real? >> are we going to start lawsuits. let's take the manliness equation out of it. >> but it is football. >> i read the part of the voice mail that i can actually say on television and he said, i'll kill you. >> before that, we don't have enough bleeps at fox news to show you the rest of the text. >> did he mean to start biting people's legs like dogs or is this what football players do to get fired up to play the sup superbowl? >> today the team asked him to do this. >> i think there is going to be a problem. if the team said hey, go toffen up this guy, if they didn't care or liablity. maybe the team is like you get in there and ala a few good men -- >> here is the thing. all sports good goons. ho hockey has them. >> what is the damage? >> they are wrong. what is the damages, they hurt his feelings? >> it is not like the guy broke his arm. >> they said they should have never left the team. how about the message that this sends to football fans. >> $500 a seat to see

of[reading names] pulitzer prize winners, michael cunningham, allen taylor, lawrence right, macarthur fellow. and lee ann. [reading names] please recognize these great writers. [applause] i would like to thank our financial supporters, again, please hold applause here. let me get through this list. premiere sponsors barns and noble. penguin. amazon, barton foundation, robert foundation, googling with harper cool l lynns, mick mill less than. thank you for your support. couldn't do it without you. [applause] i would like to knowledge in our audience something special the winners of our fifth annual innovation and reading prize funded bit eleven gear foundation. it's about recognizing great writing and encouraging the -- reading of great books. they make it happen. changes young underprivileged teens to provided them with banned books. sosome of the greatest books are banned by authors like mark twain and earnest hemmingway, and world reader based in seattle, washington provides e-books to poor children in sub saharan africa. i'm going to ask the winners of the innovations and reading p

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and lawrence wright. a little taste of each one of them here at the national book awards. [inaudible conversations] see somebody else want to introduce you to this evening at the national awards as the chairman of the national book addition david steinberger. what is the national book foundation and its association with the nba? >> the mission is to encourage the reading of great books and increase the impact of great books on the culture and the biggest thing we do are the national book awards themselves. this is a the 64th annual national book awards. bigger and better than ever this year. >> what is your day job? >> i am the ceo of perseus book group's. >> do you have any finalist? >> we don't but i'm just as excited as if we did. the books are exciting and it's an exciting evening. >> the numbers came out but it seems that e-books have dropped quite a bit this year. >> right. there's a big change this year which is that we have seen the flattening of the e-books and we are really seeing a market in wh

last one, taylor swift? >> no. >> she actually did. that's okay. you got half of them right. high five. not bad. is with taylor right now in new york. >> hey, guys, i'm hanging out with the amazing taylor swift. >> oh. watch it if you want to. said it was going to be amazing. >> she modeled herself after no one and it's worked beyond what anyone could imagine. are things working out the way you wanted them to work out? >> oh, definitely. >> life plan? >> things have gone way ahead of schedule, as far as what i hoped would happen to me in my life. >> forget the awards, the album sales, the hit breakup anthems like "we are never, ever getting back together." ♪ we are never, ever, ever >> taylor swift about to tear it all down. >> i live to write songs. it's likehe only time i'm ever truly, like, oh, my god, le makes so much sense. >> back in the studio, she is writing a follow-up to "red" promising a side of her we have never seen. >> the way it is coming together is really exciting and i think it's going to be -- it's very different. for me, the goal has always been if i do

and "going clear: scientology, hollywood, and the prison of belief" by lawrence wright. published by alfred a. knopf. this year's national book award in non-fiction goes to george packer. ♪ [cheering and applause] ♪ ♪ >>> this is an incredible honor. anyone who was at last night's reading knows that all of the nominees in this category did great work, and i feel very lucky to be given this award. thank you to my friend, john, alex star, and the rest. you still do it the old fashioned way, which is still the best way. [applause] thank you to sara of the wily agency for your crucial intelligence and enthusiasm. thank you to daniel and david and others at the new yorker for giving me just the right balance of freedom and editorial brilliance. thank you to my friend, dexter, for being there from the start. to my mother and sister, nancy and ann. writers both so they understand. my children, charlie and julia, i won't say you knead any easier. you did make it a lot more fun. to laura, my love, thank you for sharing my life and my work and i can't imagine either one with

and going clear, scientology and the prison of belief by lawrence wright. this goes to george packer. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is an incredible honor and anyone who was at last night's reading knows that all of the nominees in this category is the great works. and i feel very lucky to be given this award. and thank you to my friends and the rest. you still do it the old-fashioned way, which is still the best way. [applause] >> thank you to the wylie agency for crucial intelligence and thank you to daniel zaleski and david remnick and others for giving me just the right balance of freedom and editorial trilliums. writers both understand as well and my children, charlie and julia, you did make it a lot more fun. thank you for sharing my life and my work and i can't imagine either one without you. and finally, i want to thank dean price and timmy thomas and jeff congleton and other americans who gave me the great guest of allowing in their lives so that i could illuminate some of what has gone wrong in america over the past generation. and in the

nothing against taylor swift. i will let you finish. but that headline is the best new thing in the world today. abc news you win you. win, you win. now time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. have a great night. [ laugher ] >> the first enrollment numbers are in for the affordable care act. washington now has to fight over what the numbers mean. >> nobody in this room. nobody in this country believes that republicans want to fix the website. >> another big hearing on capitol hill. >> congressional hearings with the health care rollout. >> we have seen a handful of hearings. >> republicans did most of the grilling obviously. >> you have the fancy title. >> you are the chief information officer. >> that wasn't a small mistake. >> this was a monumental mistake. >> the chairman attacked obama administration's rollout. >> daryl issa wasted no time. >> let's say he hasn't been happy with the response. >> will what happens next? >> we now have breaking news. >> the long awaited enrollment numbers. >> how many peeople have enrolled.

nothing against taylor swift. i will let you finish. but that headline is the best new thing in the world today. abc news you win you. win, you win. now time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. have a great night. [ laugher ] >> the first enrollment numbers are in for the affordable care act. washington now has to fight over what the numbers mean. >> nobody in this room. nobody in this country believes that republicans want to fix the website. >> another big hearing on capitol hill. >> congressional hearings with the health care rollout. >> we have seen a handful of hearings. >> republicans did most of the grilling obviously. >> you have the fancy title. >> you a

and going clear, scientology and the prison of belief by lawrence wright. this goes to george packer. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is an incredible honor and anyone who was at last night's reading knows that all of the nominees in this category is the great works. and i feel very lucky to be given this award. and thank you to my friends and the rest. you still do it the old-fashioned way, which is still the best way. [applause] >> thank you to the wylie agency for crucial intelligence and thank you to daniel zaleski and david remnick and others for giving me just the right balance of freedom and editorial trilliums. writers both understand as well and my children, charlie and julia, you did make it a lot more fun. thank you for sharing my life and my work and i can't imagine either one without you. and finally, i want to thank dean price and timmy thomas and jeff congleton and other americans who gave me the great guest of allowing in their lives so that i could illuminate some of what has gone wrong in america over the past generation. and in the