TO A NEW LEVEL WHY YOU WILL
LOOK THROUGH A CRYSTAL BALL
THIS MORNING, FIRST OUR TOP
STORY THIS HALF AN HOUR --
CALLED THE BEST THING ABOUT
WASHINGTON, NOW MAKING HIS BIG
DEBUT THE PENCE FAMILY RABBIT,
OR BUNNY OF THE UNITED STATES
IS STAR OF THE NEW CHILDREN'S
BOOK WRITTEN BY SECOND
DAUGHTER CHARLOTTE PENCE I
WILL STRAITSED BY SECOND LADY
HERSELF KAREN PENCE, THE BOOK
IS TITLED -- THE LIFE OF THE
VICE PRESIDENT THEY JOIN US TO
TALK MORE ABOUT IT KAREN,
CHARLOTTE GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
CONGRATULATIONS WHAT WHAT
ASPIRED TO I WRITE THIS.
>> HONESTLY ALL STARTED WITH
MARLIN INSTAGRAM, JUST POPULAR
AFTER WE MOVED, TO 2KI679
AFTER WE MOVED, TO 2KI67
AFTER WE MOVED, TO D.I67
AFTER WE MOVED, TO D.C.7
AFTER WE MOVED, TO D.C.
WANTING TO DO A BOOK TO MAKE
IT HISTORICAL AND EDUCATIONAL
FOR KIDS TO BE FUN MY MOM
COULD ILLUSTRATE IT.
>> YOU ARE AN ILLUSTRATOR.
>> I AM AN ARTIST NEVER I WILL
STRAITSED -- NEVER ILLUSTRATED
A BOOK.
>> MUST HAVE FUN WORKING
TOGETHER.
>> GREAT.
>> MARLIN IS GREAT THIS IS
BEST SIDE.
FUNNY.
>> WE THOUGHT YOU WERE
BRINGING THE BUNNY YOU CITIED
NOT TO --
>> BUNNIES CAN GET NERVOUS
TRYING TO EASY HIM INTO THE
PUBLIC EYE THE PUBLIC SPHERE
HAS BEEN IN SHOWS NOT A LOT OF
CROWDS.
>> I GOT YOU, TOO MUCH
PAPARAZZI, NO GOOD, SO WHAT IS
IS A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE
VICE PRESIDENT, TELL US THAT
MRS. PENCE.
>> YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DID WE
JUST THOUGHT WOULD START IN
THE MORNING GO ALL THE WAY
THROUGH.
THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTS ABOUT
VICE PRESIDENTCY A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WE
DIDN'T KNOW TILL IN THIS ROLE.
ONE BEING THAT WE LIVE AT IT
THE NAVAL OBSERVATORY A
WORKING OBSERVATORY ON
PROPERTY THAT WAS ONE THING WE
THROUGH IN FUN FACT --
>> THE NAVAL ENLISTED AIDES,
IN NAVY TAKE CARE OF THE HOUSE
SO I THINK THE FIRST PART OF
MY DAD'S DAY IS WHEN HE IS
GETTING COFFEE FROM NAVAL
ENLISTED AIDES POSE FOR
PICTURE MY MOM PAINTED IT.
>> FANTASTIC A CHILDREN'S BOOK
FOR WHAT AGE DO YOU THINK?
IS THIS --
>> I THINK 8 TO 12.
>> YEAH.
>> KIDS LIKE IT AS WELL
BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT PICTURES.
>> ILLUSTRATIONS, SURE,
TERRIFIC WANT TO ASK ABOUT
THIS HOST OF LAST WEEK
TONIGHT, JOHN OLIVER IS OUT
WITH BOOK -- PARROTING YOUR
BOOK, NOW JIM COMEY UNRELEASED
BOOK NUMBER ONE ON SELLER LIST
YOUR REACTION THE BOOK
CHALLENGING YOUR BOOK.
>> I MEAN, I THINK YOU KNOW
IMITATION IS THE MOST --
SINCERE FORM OF FLATTERY ALL
CERTIFY USELESS KRNTING TO
CHARITIES, I THINK WE CAN GET
BEHIND WE HAVE TWO BOOKS
GIVING TO CHARITIES THAT ARE
ABOUT BUNNIES I AM ALL FOR IT.
>> AND YOUR BUNNY.
>> YES.
>> MY BUNNY.
>> AND HOW DOES BUNNY LIKE
LIVING IN WASHINGTON?
>> I THINK HE LIKES IT.
I GOT HIM IN COLLEGE, SO HE IS
FROM CHICAGO, I GOT HIM -- FOR
A SHORT TIME, HE KIND OF LIVES
WITH ME FOR A WHILE IN INDIANA
I THINK ENJOYING IT, YEAH.
>> A SHORT FILM BOOKS IS THIS
WHAT YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE
DOING IN YOUR OWN CAREER?
>> YEAH ABSOLUTELY, I HAVE
ALSO A BEEN A STORY TELLER,
WHETHER DOCUMENTARIES, FILMS,
REALLY WRITING, I LOVE
CHILDREN'S BOOKS ADULT BOOKS I
LIKE ALL OF IT DEFINITELY A
PASSION OF MINE.
>> TELL US ABOUT YOUR
EXPERIENCE, KAREN IN
WASHINGTON, I MEAN HAS GOT TO
BE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORD
IS TO LIVE IN THE GLASS BOWL
THAT YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN.
>> IT IS A GREAT TIME IN OUR
LIFE TO DO THAT BECAUSE OUR
KIDS ARE ALL LAUNCHED THEY ARE
ALL LIVING THEIR LIVES HAVING
THEIR CAREERS, SO THEY ARE NOT
AS MUCH IN THAT GLASS BOWL AS
WE ARE.
WE HAVE BEEN IN POLITICS 20
YEARS, SO IT IS -- IT IS JUST
A LITTLE MORE INTENSE THAN IT
WAS IN GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE
BUT NOT BAD.
>> VICE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SO
SUPPORTIVE, OF THIS PRESIDENT
AND THEY WHEN TOGETHER, ALWAYS
LOOK LIKE A REAL UNIFIED TEAM.
>> THEY ARE A GREAT TEAM.
>> ARE THEY SORT OF A GREAT
TEAM OFF CAMERA AS WELL YOU
SAY?
>> THEY ARE ALWAYS GREAT TEAM,
I THINK HONESTLY I THINK THE
VICE PRESIDENT LEARNERS ABOUT
LEADERSHIP FROM WATCHING THE
PRESIDENT IN THOSE PRIVATE
SETTINGS, AND THEY ARE JUST
GREAT COUPLE GREAT TEAM REALLY
ARE.
>> SHOULD WE EXPECT VICE
PRESIDENT TO BE THE
PRESIDENT'S RUNNING MATE IN
2020.
>> THAT IS COMPLETELY UP TO
THE PRESIDENT.
COMPLETELY.
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE
BOOK WE THOUGHT WE WANT TO DO
WAS BUT EACH VICE PRESIDENTCY
IS SHAPED BY THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT DECIDES WHAT HE
WANTS THE VICE PRESIDENT TO
DO.
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS EVERY
VICE PRESIDENT DOES THAT ARE
IN THE BOOK, FOR EXAMPLE,
EVERY VICE PRESIDENT IS
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND A
LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT
REALIZE THAT THE VICE
PRESIDENT ACTUALLY CAN CAST A