i know you used to interview frank mccourt. >> yes, i did. >> and frank had all of that. he had that big brawling kmum enthusiasm for the world and at the same time you could always tell there was something behind there that recognizes history, that recognizes difficulty. and you know we're sort of together as a nation. it's good to be over here and to be irish, actually. >> i never missed interviewing an irishman or irish woman, for example i just had graham mcdowell, the great fwofler, fantastic golfer. i men and constantly we've had whether which side they are on it didn't mat tore me to talk about the conflict to. talk about people who tried to solve the conflict like george mitch whole say character here, like tony blair, like. >> like graham himself. >> all of these people, i mean, the fact of the mat certificate that for 800 years we had difficulties ire inn iver land. and it came about in late 1990s that everybody decided after 30 years of complete flare-up of the troubles that this was enough. but nobody knew how we would come together. and if took, well, preside

i know you used to interview frank mccourt and frank had all of that. he had that big brawling enthusiasm for the world and at the same time you could always tell there that there's something behind there that recognizes history, difficulty and we're sort of together as a nation. it's good to be over here and to be irish, actually. >> rose: i never missed interviewing an irishman or an irish woman. for example, i just had graham mcdowell from northern ireland, the great golfer. >> fantastic golfer. >> rose: fantastic golfer! there are three story lines here. one is fred lick douglass. why was he interesting? in 1845 he went to ireland on a lecture tour. >> i only learned about this story a few years ago and i thought that's incredible, frederick douglass, the great abolitionist still a slave in 1845 takes a ship, he's not allowed to go first class even though he has enough money to pay first class, takes a ship and lands in dun leery in the port in dublin. --z i thought wow, a plan man going to ireland in 1845, what was that like? he was taken in by the

the family, though, says the organization is responsible and so is its former owner, frank mccourt. > on bryan stow and how you can help the family, go to ktvu.com and look for the web link section right there on our home page. >>> an important vote that may affect the future of the oakland a's has been put off until tuesday. the port of oakland decided it needs more time to review the settlement of a lawsuit over property near jack london square, known as howard terminal. some people who hope to keep the area open view the 50-acre property as the best area to build a waterfront center, but the a's owner, lou wolf, says the plan is too costly and still wants to move his team to the south bay. >>> major league baseball fans are mourning the death of former giants pitcher justin miller. last night, sheriffs officials in florida announced the athlete had died. investigators won't say where miller was found or how he died, but we do know authorities discovered the body on wednesday. miller lived in palm harbor, florida. he played seven seasons in the majors, pitching for the giants in 200