who has written a series -- i think seven books now, a fictional criminal defense attorney named mike daley who actually lives here in san francisco. and he's written a series of books and these becomes have been shown and transcribed and read throughout the world. so we're going to start now with a clip, a video clip and then we're going to go to the panel. >> i think it is our national novel. if there was a national novel of week, this would be it for the united states. i think it's the favorite book of almost everybody you meet. >> the first time in my life that the book had sort of captured me. that was exciting. i didn't realize that literature could do that. >> i remember reading a copy of my aunt's in jamaica queens. it was the first book ever written by a white writer that discussed racism in ways that was complicate and sophisticated. -- complicated and sophisticated. >> a touchstone in american literary and social history. it's a story gently tugged at the issues of racism. >> she was a champion of people who helped us get liberated from racism in this country. >> harper lee's fir

who has written a series -- i think seven books now, a fictional criminal defense attorney named mike daley who actually lives here in san francisco. and he's written a series of books and these becomes have been shown and transcribed and read throughout the world. so we're going to start now with a clip, a video clip and then we're going to go to the panel. >> i think it is our national novel. if there was a national novel of week, this would be it for the united states. i think it's the favorite book of almost everybody you meet. >> the first time in mfe

call with a number of his top advisers, including his chief of staff, bill daley, secretary of defense leon panetta, admiral mikeased this statement. i'm going to read a brief part of that to you now. he said tripoli is slipping from the grasp of a tyrant. the surest way for the bloodshed to end is simple. moammar ga dar definitefy and his regime need to recognize their rule has come to an end. he needs to relinquish power once and for all. essentially, president obama and others are ramping up power on gadhafi to leave. what you didn't hear in his statement, willie, is a discussion about where gadhafi must be. just mentioned the fact that there's a recognition that power is slipping away. that's because the united states doesn't know yet. they're still trying to get confirmation about that and we don't expect to hear from the president, to hear him speak out verbally until they can confirm that 100%. they're being very measured in their response, willie. >> yeah. i don't think there are a whole lot of people on the fates of the earth who know exactly where he is. governor rendell has a quick question for you. >