host: mr. hicks? mr. thank you for allowing me to be on your show today could one of the things that i wanted to make sure the amazing people know is that they should have the confidence in our system that it will function well on election day. over 30 million people have already voted early, so there's alternative methods if you have some sort of doubt that you want to ensure that your vote is counted. votes are going to be counted on election day. votes are cast before election day. the election system is working well. this is the most secure the election system has ever been. the election assistance commission, my fellow commissioners and i have traveled around the country at the invite of many officials to see the process play out. i am in chicago today because i'm seeing early voting take place. over 100 machines were hooked up for voters in this one precinct and none of them were connected to the internet. all of them had secured ties to them. to interfereempted with the process, there were security

. >> mr. hicks? >> i agree with that but would like to add that with online voter registration lists are a lot cleaner than they have been. when states talk to each other , i think thatms the states are doing a better job of ensuring that those folks lists are a lot cleaner. they want to make sure that we keep the people who deserve to be on those lists on the list. i would air on the side of having the lists a little unclean. so we are not disenfranchising people. theomeone does show up in polls, they are allowed to still vote. >> there has been some concern in the public about what will happen with the vote. our states and counties doing anything differently this year compared to previous election cycles? can you walk us through how that has happened? have some of the states i visited. invited theave public in to see that. this is >> and cycle has been different than any other. the contingency planning. ago, a week before that national election, hurricane sandy occurred. that has played into the rh

. >> mr. hicks. thomas: i want to thank you for allowing me to be on the show.should have the confidence in our system that it will election day.on over 30 million people have already voted early. there are alternative methods if you have some sort of doubt, that you want to ensure your vote will be counted. votes will be counted on election day, votes are being cast for election day. the election system is working well. this is the most secure the election system has ever been. my fellow commissioners and i have traveled around the country at the invite of many local election officials to see the process play out. i'm in chicago today because i am letting early voting take place. 100 machines worked hooked up for voters in the one precinct and none of them were connected to the internet. all of them had securitized. if anyone attempted to interfere there wereocess, security there, poll workers there, and the system will function as well as a can. in terms of what the candidate said, i welcome those things he did say in terms of ensuring go out and serve as poll

mrs. hicks called dahmer a monster and spoke of the horror her family endured. >> we saw pieces of our son on tv every night, some smaller than a toothpick. i have always believed in capital punishment. but since the state of ohio didn't have it in 1978, i will not be able to pull the switch on the electric chair, but i know i could do it to this animal. >> dahmer is given his 16th life sentence and returns to wisconsin to serve out his time. >> jeffrey dahmer's stay in akron may have been brief, but his effect on the city will last for sometime to come. as one spectator put it, it may be gruesome, but it's history. pamela dennis, 23 news day at the summit county courthouse. >>> we got word rodney was going to make a statement. >> you know, can we all get along? >> the gunman has released 11, but he has shot at least nine people. >> parents rushed to find out if their child had been released. >> it is happening as we're going live here. >>> a hazardous materials team breathing from air tanks con

even hick called her mrs. r. her husband called her babs. nobody called her eleanor but, so what? i had to take charge of this. i had to do my story and she had to be eleanor and the sooner i could do that things began to come together. so there were months and months of regretting that it was determined to finish it before when on vacation in spain in the spring of 2014 but i wasn't finished and my husband and my reader was reading it and suggesting ways to make it better. which was also annoying. [laughter] and meanwhile the editor who bought the book left. this always happens to me and happens to a lot of other writers too. it's called eating orphans. and it's not good. especially since it's turned over to a young editor who is invariably described as -- but usually is not. [laughter] while we were in spain i became convinced that the book was in trouble that i wasn't going to get published at all. then they made desperate call to my agent and she put me in touch with penguin's editor-in-chief peter member she called me at midnight spanish time. she still in the office and i wa

hicks-- they sure love to go after big game, don't they? well, one of these days, you will be pushed down to size. you wanted to see me, mr. jackson? yes... sit down, jean. are, uh... are you in a nosy mood these days? a good reporter's always in a nosy mood. okay, this is it-- sheriff andy taylor a hick burg called mayberry. look in the closets, sweep under the rugs bring back anything that can be twisted into an article. i want to pulverize that image. that's a tall order, mr. jackson. most small-town sheriffs are notoriously honest. in fact, they're like shining knights. so that's why i'm sending you. if he has any cracks in his armor, you can find them. and i've never known a shining knight yet that didn't have a few. so you find them. officer! uh, could i have a little information, please? oh, i'll handle this, andy. at your service, ma'am. oh, thank you, sheriff. oh, well... i'm not the sheriff. i'm deputy fife. oh, hi, i'm jean boswell. i was wondering if you could recommend a good hotel in town. oh, well, the mayberry hotel is good. that's it right there. oh... well, i'm a college student, and i was wondering how does it compare in

even hick didn't call her eleanor. they called her mrs. are. her husband called her babs. nobody called her eleanor. but, for what. i had to take charge of this. it had to be my story and she had to be eleanor. as soon as i figure that out to my things began to come together so there are months and months of rewriting, i was determined to finish it before we went on vacation in spain in the spring of 14, but i wasn't finished and my husband, my other most important reader was still reading it and suggesting ways to make it better, which was also annoying. [laughter] and meanwhile, the editor who bought the book left. this always happens to me and happens to a lot of other riders. it's called being orphaned. it's not good. especially since it often means that the book gets turned over to a young editor who is invariably described as brilliant, but usually is not. [laughter] while we were in spain, i became convinced that the book was in trouble and that it wasn't going to get published at all. finally i made a desperate call to my agent and she put me in touch with the edit

mrs. franklin roosevelt according to one account was trying to lose herself and get away from being the president's wife. actually going to see ellie, hick's former lover, happily for eight years in minnesota, had fulfilled her dream and found a man to marry and left hick which was heartbreaking for him. they remained friends. something like a marriage, a lifelong partnership might have been possible with someone like ellie but hick's relationship with eleanor could never be that even if eleanor dared to leave fdr and live openly with a woman she was not able willing to devote herself to just one other person. she was always going to be tied not only to a husband but to bonds of duty and friendship with many others. this was a painful realization that had grown on hick in the years since she had met and fallen in love with her. made the time alone together especially precious. eleanor had insisted they would do a lot of resting and reading on vacation. she also mentioned in passing her idea of taking a camping trip in the mountains. now hick discovered there was an elaborate plan to explore yosemite on horseback, riding up to a lakeside ca

mrs. franklin roosevelt, said one account, was trying to lose herself and get away from being the president's wife. they were actually going to see ellie who is hicks former lover, a woman she lived with happily for eight years in minnesota ellie had fulfilled her childhood dream and found the man to marry and left hip which was heartbreaking for hick but they remained friends. they went to see her. something like a marriage, a lifelong partnership, might have been possible with someone like ellie but hick's relationship with eleanor could never be that. even if eleanor had dared to leave fb dr and live openly with a woman, she was not able to devote herself to one other person. he was always going to be tied not only to a husband but to the bond of duty and friendship of many others. this was a painful realization that had grown on hit in the years since she had met and fallen in love with her. it made this time alone together especially precious. eleanor had insisted there was a lot of resting and reading on their vacation. she also mentioned in passing her idea of taking a little camping trip in the mountains. now hick discovered there was an el