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. ? ? a little beatles to get you going. tv host bill james patterson wants everybody to say please. they'll share the new collaboration to encourage children to be polite. plus, a group of moms who helped their kids get into college are helping underprivileged students do the same. ahead, the first installment of a more perfect union. our series about americans helping each other. right now, time to show you more of this morning's headlines. the milwaukee journal in the

dassey's conviction said he should be released. his half brother said brendan shouldn't be in prison. >> brendan is not a violent murderer. he's an innocent teddy bear and a very loving person. >> the state attorney general wants to block the release order. "the wall street journal" reports how smudges on your cell phone can details about you. traces of molecules and microbes can linger for months. they built up whenever you touch your phone. they can reveal stuff like gender, your diet. your medication. your clothing, beauty products and even places you visited. and the seattle times reports on what is billed as the first commercial flight fueled partly on wood.

fuel. the jet flew from seattle to washington, d.c. use of the bio fuel reduces greenhouse emissions but for now, it's much more expensive than regular selling fuel. best-selling author james patterson is famous for his thrillers. and bill o'reilly known for his killing series. the two are teaming up to release a children's book called "give please a chance." it's a illustrations and celebrates the power and use of the word "please." >> the james patterson. >> the james partyson please meet the bill o'reilly. >> we know each other, gayle. >> we should say these two have never met before. you two are meeting today for the first time? >> yes, we've been telephoning forever. old guys using the telephone. >> how did it come about? who called who?

>> what patterson say? >> he wanted to scald me, i thought. he said, hey, you like kids, right? i said, yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, i got this idea that we do a look together. i said, well, okay. but you're a fiction guy and i'm a nonfiction guy, so what's it going to be. he goes it's going to be for kids, little kids like 2 to it's going to be teaching them, "a" to read, gets get used to reading by the use of these unbelievable illustrations. >> and james partitterson -- >> we need that now. >> we need that right now but people would say bill o'reilly a messenger of civility? >> why did you do that?

everybody. this is about turning outside a generation of please and thank you kids. look, we can talk all day about the cabinet and whatever. we can't fix that. we can fix our own houses. we can do stuff -- we can get our kids and our grandkids and our nieces and nephews and we can take this book to preschools. >> it does seem to be a good start. >> it's fun. it's fun, just please, please, please, please. if we actually get a bunch of this is good. >> what does the word "please" mean to you? >> the word "please" means give me whatever i want. marketing is the key. patterson and o'reilly, everybody is going to pay attention. everybody is going to pay attention. >> that's what our goal was because awareness is the key to getting any good project in front of the public. so, patterson, and what are they doing, what are these guys

wow, this book is good for christmas. for little kids, take them away from the machines that they're crazed on, right, and give them a book that they're going to like. >> here we are in front of the public -- public doing good things for your kids. >> let me ask you this, if you could use the word "please" with mr. trump, could you put it in a sentence, please, mr. trump -- what, bill o'reilly? >> please, mr. trump, put the nation above politics. >> what dyo >> what's good for the folks. for everything. not just the people who voted for you, but for everybody. because that's what politicians don't do. they don't put the country. the good of the country -- they put what's good for my party. or what's good for me. i'd like to see donald trump shift on over to what's good for the folks. >> do you think he will do that? >> i hope so, i don't know. >> that's what we're trying to do with this book. that's what we're trying to do with this book. we are putting what's good for

good for the country is a more civil society. >> you've written books for kids. does it work? >> sure. absolutely. kids are going to love this book. >> they're going to be mesmerized by the illustrations. >> so, true. >> you went to outside illustrators. >> we are all readers. then the competition with electronics, you got to get them into this world. this takes them, children 2 to 6, takes them into another world, and it makes "please" be fun. it makes civility be fun. >> and it's repetition. that's how we know latin. >> my mother says repetition is the mother of learning. let me ask you about another book, bill, since you're here. on fox news, megyn kelly has a new book coming out. have you read it? >> no, have not read it. >> you're in it.

book, bill, i might want to know what she's saying acme. about me. look, i'm trying to stay out of any of that stuff. i wish her well. she's a very smart woman. it's a tough book environment. we'll see if people respond to it. but it's not a diss. it just came out. >> so it just came out. you could get the book -- >> no, they locke t down. >> did they? >> oh, yeah. >> is she going to be on your show talking about it? >> i don't know. we'll see if she's going to be on the show or not. i want to be that candid. i'm not that interested in this. >> you're not interested in sexual harassment? >> i'm not interested in basically litigating something that is finished that makes my network look bad. okay? i'm not interested in making my network look bad at all. that doesn't interest me one

but i'm not going to even bother with it. i've got a country that's in a transition, political transition. all right. i've got a kids book that i want millions of kids to look at. that's what i'm interested in. not making my network look bad. >> but if your network is affected by it -- >> excuse me -- are you okay? >> we've known each other we're irish people. i have a stand on that. >> it's nice, everybody can agree on it. >> look, it's open season. let's whack the fox news channel. i've had enough of it. it's a place to work, all right? we do good work. we do honest work there. i'm not going to buy into let's use the fox news channel as a pina pinata, i don't think it's right. >> you should say what you

>> yes, you did. >> i was civil. or kind of. >> i just don't have any eye drops left. the name of the book, bill o'reilly, we thank you. >> "give please a chance." with young children, i do it all the time. >> we're going to change this country in a quiet, civil way. >> we should note all proceeds of this book are to charity. >> thanks for mentioning that. >> child help, organization, all of my money goes to that. a group of so-called pushy moms is helping underprivileged students get into good colleges. >> meeting deadlines, getting everything in orders without somebody pushing them is very hard, without somebody saying did you get that essay in? when is that due? do you need to take a test? they say, oh, thank you for telling me that.

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"women, a group of pushy moms helping students get into college. michelle miller, we love this story. good morning. >> i did, too. most of the opportunities at laguardia community college come from families learning less than $25,000 a year. many are first generation college students and some are there for a second chance after dropping out of other schools. well, for those interested in transferring to a four-year college, it can be an overwhelming process, and that's where the pushy mom >> not only is this a safety cool but it could be a did strategy. >> reporter: at a diner in queens, pierre listens to advice that may help him become an entertainment lawyer. >> you need to know whether or not you hit the send button and when you did that. >> reporter: melanie rose runs through a check list of

guidance he can't get at home. >> this is uncharted territory for anybody in my family. i'm kind of the trail blazer along the way so i have to be the guinea pig. >> and you want to do it right? >> and i have to do it right. i'm going to do it right. >> reporter: rose is one of ten women at laguardia college using the experience of helping other students follow that path. two years ago. >> what our kids have that these kids don't is the basic concept that they're going to college. meeting deadlines, getting everything in order without somebody pushing them is very hard without somebody saying did you get that essay in? well, when is that due? do you need to take a test? they say, oh, thank you for telling me that. >> reporter: the volunteers have helped about 40 students. some have transferred to schools like columbia, uc berkeley,

massachusetts. that's wh that's where zaridea jones stuts. >> just pushing me, and you might feel less than and i'm not prepared for the school that has a great name. but just support. and just being well. like you can do this. this is what you need to do. these are the steps that you need to take. and just laying it out. >> hi! >> reporter: her mentor jan raymond came up with us from new york. it was the first time they've seen each other since cologne smidged schools. >> her experience prior to coming to smith was such that the road to get here was longer, right? >> yes. >> wouldn't you say?

see what she's done -- >> fantastic. >> are you not just a pushy mom but a proud pushy mom? >> of course. >> the essay should tell the reader something about you that they wouldn't see from your transcript? >> reporter: in addition to sharing their expertise, pushy moms say they provide something else. many of these students lack. expectation. >> when someone is setting a bar for you, your natural inclination is to want to reach that bar and reach that goal. anou really do. >> reporter: so as pierre wilson figures out where to go from here, he can take comfort knowing he's headed in the right direction. so confidence is what you're looking for? >> yeah, just a little bit. just a little bit. i feel like i'm already a confidence guy. but that added touch, that mom's touch, it helps a lot. >> i say all the time, i don't know who gets more out of the program, the student or me.

>> you know, i'm not necessarily changing somebody's life from impacting their life. and to me, it doesn't get much better than that. >> wow, i so related to these moms in such a way, i need a pushy mom. my kids need a pushy mom. everybody needs a pushy mom at somebody in their life. >> it's so true. >> so wouldn't it be great if this just took off all over the country? >> yeah. >> that's what some of these pushy moms happen. >> you need that support, that confidence. >> as they point out, there is enormous payback to them. when you affect somebody, it's really a powerful thing. both ways. >> thank you, michelle. storm, a seattle artist is giving people a chance to connect those and help those in need. we'll find out how she's updated and personalized the concept. that's tomorrow in "a more perfect union." ahead, the special reason

? you're going to like this as much as we do. it's charlie receiving the founders award for excellence in journalism from the international center for journalists. cnn's wolf blitzer called charlie one of the best journalists of our >> what journalist has to do today is do its job. what we have to do is go out there and roll up our sleeves and do what we are trained to do and prepared to do. to do it without fear. to do it without intimidation, and to do it knowing in the end truth shall prevail. >> all right. well said. >> bravo, charlie. >> looking forward to going to washington last night. >> well done. >> well done. >> that does it for us.

evening news" with scott pelley tonight.

>> samantha: good morning to you. it's about 8:55 on this tuesday morning, and we are at 45 in cleveland, so that sunshine and those south winds are really helping us out here. taking a closer look at what you can expect for today. i went 54 at midday, and then hitting about 59 this afternoon with a blend of sunshine and cloud cover. no rain is expected tonight, so if you come downtown for the cavs game, you should be just fine. leave the umbrella in the car or at home. tomorrow morning there may be a few sprinkles around but just sprinkles. i don't expect anything major during the work week. we had a big warm-up before the weekend. 64 on thursday, 69 on friday, and then the weekend rolls around. two alert days here. look how cold. oh, my goodness.

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