IT’S LIKE OUT OF A SPY NOVEL.
AND NOBODY KNOWS SPY NOVELS
BETTER THAN JAMES PATTERSON
WHOSE NEW BOOK IS ALL ABOUT AN
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY THAT
TAKES OVER THE WHITE HOUSE,
BESTSELLING AUTHOR JAMES
PATTERSON IS HERE AND HE JOINS
ME NOW.
SO I GOT THE BOOK RIGHT HERE.
I’M VERY HONORED BECAUSE THIS IS
AN ADVANCED COPY.
SO ADVANCED.
THIS BOOK IS NOT OUT FOR A WHILE
AND I WANT TO LORD IT OVER
EVERYBODY.
>> IT CAME OUT YESTERDAY.
>> Jesse: CAME OUT YESTERDAY.
I THOUGHT I HAD IT EARLIER AND
NOW I DON’T FEEL AS GOOD ABOUT
MYSELF SO UPON FURTHER REVIEW,
I’M NOT AS SPECIAL AS I THOUGHT
I WAS JAMES.
>> YOU ARE SPECIAL.
>> Jesse: THANK YOU.
WHEN YOU DO THESE BOOKS, YOU
OBVIOUSLY RESEARCH AND TALK TO
PEOPLE IN THE KNOW.
THIS ONE YOU ARE PROBABLY
TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
HOW REAL LIFE IS THIS STUFF,
THESE SPIES, THESE GOVERNMENT
INFORMANTS, THESE HOW CLOSE IT
YOUR NOVELS ARE ACTUAL REALITY?
>> WELL, PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE
YOUR OWN DECISIONS ABOUT IT.
BUT, I MEAN THERE ARE A LOT OF
SCARY LEADERS AROUND THE WORLD
RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE GOT ONE IN CHINA.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE PUTIN, WE HAVE
VENEZUELA.
WE HAVE BRAZIL.
AND THE NOTION IN THIS BOOK IS
THE PRESIDENT WHO WAS BRILLIANT
AND CHARISMATIC BUT HE IS ALSO A
PSYCHOPATH AND HE IS LEADING US
TOWARD WORLD WAR.
AND HE USES A COUPLE OF YOUNG
TURKS FROM THE CIA AND, YOU
KNOW, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.
WE HAD ALL THIS FEARS OF THE
COLD WAR AND WE HAVE TO HIDE
UNDER OUR DESK IN THE SCHOOL
LIKE THAT WAS GOING TO PROTECT
US FROM THE A BOMB.
AND SORT OF -- WE HAVE THIS
PERIOD NOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE KIND
OF SCARED.
AND IT’S -- IN THOSE DAYS WOULD
HAVE LIKE THE MAN WHICH YOUIAN
CANDIDATE AND SIX DAYS EVER THE
CON DOOR VERY COOL NOVELS THAT’S
WHAT BLOW BACK IS.
IT’S ONE OF THESE REAL COOL WOW,
THAT COULD HAPPEN.
I’M GOING TO THINK ABOUT IT AND,
YOU KNOW.
>> Jesse: RUMOR SCARED TODAY IN
2022 THAN YOU WERE DOING THE
COLD WAR?
>> NO.
BECAUSE YOUR A LITTLE KID AND
YOU ARE UNDER YOUR DESK IN
SCHOOL.
THAT’S REALLY SCARY.
BUT, YEAH, NO, IT’S JUST
DISCONCERTING, LOOK, AT THE END
OF THIS INTERVIEW, SUE AND I ARE
GOING TO HAVE A HAMBURGER AND A
GLASS OF WINE AND THAT’S WHAT
THIS BOOK IS FOR PEOPLE.
WE NEED A LITTLE BREAK.
WE NEED A LITTLE CHEESEBURGER,
GLASS OF WINE.
BLOWBACK IS REALLY COOL READ.
IT’S A NICE THING.
YOU CAN’T WATCH FOX ALL DAY --
WELL, YOU COULD.
TAKE A LITTLE BREAK
OCCASIONALLY.
>> Jesse: YEAH, TAKE A LITTLE
BREAK.
I’M NOT GOING TO SAY WHAT HOUR
TO TAKE THE BREAK AND READ THE
BOOK BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE MEAN.
>> Jesse: WE HAVE HAD YOU ON
BEFORE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOU
MEETING SOME PRESIDENTS.
I KNOW YOU HAVE MET ALMOST --
GOSH, THE LAST COUPLE PRESIDENTS
YOU HAVE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH.
>> I HAVEN’T MET BARACK OBAMA.
HE IS THE ONLY ONE I HAVE NOT
MET.
>> Jesse: VERY ALOOF CHARACTER.
WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO TALK
THESE PRESIDENTS DO YOU ASK THEM
QUESTIONS WHAT THE MOST TOP
SECRET THING YOU CAN TELL ME?
>> NO.
AND I THINK THE REASON THAT THEY
DON’T MIND HANGING OUT WITH SUE
AND I IS THAT WE DON’T DO THAT.
WE DON’T DO THAT.
SO I SHOULDN’T DO THAT.
>> KIDS, YEAH.
NO, WHATEVER YOU FEEL LIKE
DOING.
BUT WE DON’T.
>> Jesse: THIS WHOLE CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENT THING, WHEN YOU WRITE
THESE BOOKS, DO YOU EVER SEE
ANYTHING THAT’S BEEN
DECLASSIFIED WHEN YOU WRITE
THESE POLITICAL THRILLERS, THESE
SPY NOVELS?
>> I HAVE BEEN TO MAR-A-LAGO BUT
I DIDN’T SEE ANY DOCUMENTS THERE
SO, NO.
NO ONE IS SHOWING ME ANY VETO
DOCUMENTS.
>> Jesse: NO ONE IS RAIDING YOUR
HOUSE.
GOING TO BE SAFE.
NOT TURNING YOUR BEDROOM UPSIDE
DOWN.
>> HOPEFULLY NOT.
THE BEAUTIFUL THING LIKE THE
LATEST FBI THING WITH THE SCIFS,
WITH THE CELL PHONES AND STUFF,
IS THEY ARE GOING IT INVESTIGATE
IT THEMSELVES.
SO, IMAGINE THAT LIKE YOU GET IN
TROUBLE AND YOU SAY BACK OFF, I
WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.
I WILL INVESTIGATE IT MYSELF.
>> Jesse: I TOLD MY PARENTS THAT
WHEN I USED TO GET IN TROUBLE.
MOM, DAD, DON’T WORRY, I WILL
PUNISH MYSELF.
>> RIGHT.
>> Jesse: ALL RIGHT.
JAMES PATTERSON, BLOWBACK.
GOT A COPY RIGHT HERE.
GOING TO DIVE IN TONIGHT WHILE I
WATCH FOX NEWS.
>> ONE TURNS OUT OKAY.
THIS ONE TURNED OUT GOOD.
>> Jesse: YOU GAVE IT YOUR BEST