they always knew who barry bingham senior was. i understood why they knew gary bingham senior. in any event after i had been here a short time, barry who is very very nice to kathy and me, barry and his wife, mary, he asked me to come over here for two or three days and served on what he was duplicating of this commit a we had both been on prior to the english department at the university of louisville. so i did and found it very interesting, and as these couple of days went by, i became aware of this young man, very young man then, who was sort of always around and going to the right class and asking the right questions and that turned out to be gary toner. the very young and able lawyer here in louisville and we became friends. when i say friends, i mean that we had been very close over the years. he and his wife carol have visited kathy and me up in maine and we have had a lot of fun together. of the many times that we have been to their very nice house and for terrific meals, one evening stands out in my mind. a few years ago, and jerry opens the fact that this new yorker d

what i have learned is, i have written biographies, bingham family of louisville. we take a letter of a piece of evidence, there is a ah-huh, this anger daughter wrote a letter to her father. my grandfather working away in san antonio then adored this daughter, book dedicated to him. she was then gone up to new york and going to school at columbia. he wrote her a furious letter. >> your grandfather? >> yes. you have broken your promise and haven't been putting yourself full time, although the book would you say in the front of "new york times". he pulled the carpet on her. that kind of thing. you could leap on that and say, well that says it all, doesn't it? one of the things i learned about writing about family is there aren't answers to so many questions. it is a mistake in a family to think every question has an answer

that remember and honor the fallen, including hometown american heroes like betty young and mark binghamtty's call for a flight 11 was the first indication that america was under attack, and she relayed vital information to the ground crew. mark russell for control of united airlines flight 93, rather than allow hi-jackers to fulfill their mission. 10 years ago, we also learned about the final moments of san francisco resident melissa hughes who was the victim of terrorism in the twin towers. to read about her final phone calls to her loved ones is just as heartbreaking today as it was 10 years ago. to all the families across the nation who suffered and still suffer today, we offer our profound sympathy saiies. while we remember these and other victims and first responders, we should take time to reflect on what 9/11 means for all of us and to take to heart president barack obama's call to come together in the spirit of service and unity. there are many events in san francisco, from sporting events to festivals and other community events today, that help us do that while we honor the vic

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edge new hope for a maryland man serving a 15 year prison term in cuba, what congress is doing to bingham home. >>> the federal government -- to bring alan gross home. >>> and the federal government making changes and closures, those details at 11:00. @@xú >>> a maryland family is definitely in the holiday spirit tonight. they set up a spectacular light show at their home in urbana. dwight watkins gives us the special tour. >> i've always wanted to do something for christmas and we had the opportunity, so went out and bought a few things the first year and after that things kind of grew and grew and grew. we have enough extension cords to go to the top of the empire state building and come halfway back down again. there's a lot of cords. technologywise things came along that allowed us to be able too do an actual show with dance -- to do an actual show with dancing lights and music. i'm a little bit of a geek. i like technology, so something where i can meld my love of the holidays with love of technology, perfect. >> i've gone the last couple years, but this is the most exciting. it'

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