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that bock end up naacp award. it is used many many women's prison and a lot of domestic violence centers and that kind of but for me that was my whole purpose in doing it. even though it was fiction it was my purpose to be doing it. a wakeful call that hopefully convince some people to pull themselves out that have situation. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. my name is don, first of all, i'd like to welcome you and thank you for coming to speak to us today. my question is, you spoken to the difference between a writer and author. you said that being an author is a personality. my question is, is that something inherit in a person or is there a process crosses that boundary from becoming a writer to becoming an author? >> i think that some people would have an issue with being an author in publish. because a lot of people -- there are a lot of people who write and don't want to be in public. for me it was a privacy issue never because i was shy or anything like that. but i didn't do it at first because i write unde

fountain are the biggest found ns allowable by law. 500 grams of pyrotechnic composition and fun in the bockse away. >> and we will set them off at 6. >> i hope so. >> i like the sparkleers. they are so lame compared to everything else but they are pretty. >> i brought some for you. >> perfect. i will write our names in abc2news.com. before we go, one last thing. if you are going to say if someone is going to do one thing what would be spectacular to watch, safe for the family and really maybe your sort of favorite one. >> i love the fountains. and the patriotic power blast and this harbor fountain when you light the fuse it will go for 4 minutes and it's going to spray a shower of sparks 8 to 10 feet in the air. different color and noise and whistling and crackeling and something for the whole family. light it one time and it's done. >> is it legal in maryland? >> we are setting it off at 6. what a reason to watch? now back to you and we will have a spectacular show in the parking lot. >> i want you guys to break the law. >> no it's not going to happen. >> i want illegal fireworks. >> see yo

and today at the united nations once again russia and china bocked action against the bashar al assad reseem. susan rice expressed outrage. >> i think history will judge harshly those that prevented this council from basic responsibilities. >>> now another flash point. investigators scouring this new surveillance video for clues about the man suspected of blowing up a bus of israeli tourists who were traveling to bulgaria. why was this man carrying a american document, a u.s. passport, a michigan's driver's license. abc's jeffrey kofman studying the clues. >> reporter: you are looking at video of a hunter stalking his prey. a group of tourists getting off a plane. the guy with the long hair and backpack in the airport in bulgaria looks like a young tourist himself. but rewind that image. the hair, a wig, inside the backpack, a deadly bomb. this is the result. just as a group of israeli tourists boarded a bus to take them to a seaside resort, the suicide bomber pulled the detonator, killing five israelis. amidst the carnage, police found this. the bomber was carrying an american driver

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i've given a lot of credit to -- [inaudible] agree yo politics i find wild card to put in a bock. the predictability is so limited. nobody sees the things coming. it's hard to forecast economics and the political regime. i talk about politickings in the book how the average life of political leader at the top is about seven to eight years and they begin to make mistakes after that it . goes into that. the geopolitical factor the continuous events. [inaudible] it's difficult on that front. >> germany -- i have no doubt the u.s. will come out on top. the main reason is that germany has good -- but it does not attract people from asia or china. the u.s. is great despite a lousy education system. -- they come from indian -- silicon valley is start up of indian and chinese the reason why america is on top, i mean, i heard of the discussion back twenty years ago doing an american and guy from singapore. the singapore guy said you are -- [inaudible] and american turned back and said we will win because our asians will beat your asians. thing is the u.s. advantage. that will get the u.s.

they have a new bock by the george w. bush institute the four percent solution. i smoke to former governor jeb bush earlier. >> it is great to be with you. >> i see the governors running on campaign of reform and cutting things and geth the budget under control. they get in office and then they beat the day lights out of them because they kept ape campaign promise. scott walker in wisconsin, and rick scott in florida, and so what are we to make of the fact that people don't want them to fulfill the promises? >> i think they do. you earn people's respect over the long hall if people want to be popular than do what is right. i admire what rick scott is doing in florida and scott walker went in a fire storm and came out stronger because of it people want genuine and they want people to understand the concerns and also want leaders and they want people to lay out an agenda and execute on that agenda passion and conviction . >> people don't understand in the state level the budget doesn't have to balance. it is not like the feds who are borrowing money and putting it

. >>> bock? >> right now dash dash bob? >> right now, it doesn't look like -- bob? >> it doesn't look like -- well, lightning and downpours could cause it. 68 oakland, 75 in ocean city. it did rain there. it had wind gusts over 50 miles an hour near ocean city. 79, 79. generally mid- to upper 80s except the 70s. we'll bring in cooler air and a risk of more rain. the thunder system is hanging to the region. so in northern georgia, the front, south of it, very humid air. cooler air. more storms moving into the west. tonight, later on. even into saturday, additional chances of rain and that's a good thing consider how dry it's been lately -- considering how dry it's been lately. a lot cooler temperatures, east winds. that will bring some of that moisture in. 8 4 degrees at -- 84 degrees at thomas light. there could be heavy downpours. back up to 82, maybe in the 70s. if we have a cloudy, rainy day, and there will be some areas of 1 to 2 inches of rain between now and friday night. and that would certainly help our drought situation. >>> still to come -- caught on tape,

they were there within 90 seconds and immobilizing bock technicians. just monitor to the news and listening to interviews, you had someone very intent on ensuring he was going to kill or seriously injure people. the planning process was for a period of time. >> with that in mind, people are asking, what can we do to protect ourselves in average movie theater in aurora, colorado. you've been to aurora. a small i nice town. when someone has that determination and preparation, is there anything you can do to stop it? >> i think motivated criminals are not easiest to stop, but any place, whether it's a movie theater, a nightclub, stadium or a mall, we really have to be the eyes and ears of everyone there. anything out of place or doesn't look or feel right, notify authorities immediately. who knows what would have happened if someone got out of the movie theater and immediately called 9-1-1 could have been something, maybe not. but it really does depend on the people around the location to be observant and quickly respondent. >> being vigilant. >> right. >

. >> reporter: a call bock to the state's business. the special session will give lectors another chance to ponder a sixth gaming license for maryland. >> i feel confident that the citizens of prince george's county will vote overwhelmingly, because they understand the need for dollars and jobs and public safety. there is a strong advocate baker's -- i can tell you that my position all along was that i was going to be very honest with the people of prince george's county to what i thought was the best site for prince george's county to bring in a maximum amount of revenues and create the maximum number of jobs. >> reporter: opponent who just a week ago were railing against a special session will refocus their opposition. >> we're going to fight. >> jaron levy is part of a collision that's against the gaming. >> it's going to load us up with debt, break up families, bring us addictions we don't want or don't need for pennies, pennies on the dollar perhaps p. >> supporters say the extension of gambling and table games will bring $69 mill

in a recent interview c-span asked romn about the bock he just finshed reading. >> i know you'rrdi orhat about america's role in the year? >> i hope some of the things george predicted coming true. there are others that i don't think will. but i do believe that amica as lilreedom, economicnt freedom, that was born and nurtured chand the world from the very beginning of those inspired documents, the declation of independents and the constitution and i believe adroothe world stage by virture of the commitment. >> for more information on this and other summer reading list. vit booktv.org. ininouwangton lobbiest. and neoconservative angel tim lton's efforts to gain approval for secret weap system. 's about 40minus. you probably had choes. dindnenesayeo rd founding editor of one of the great public indication over the washington. i've had a gre fondens for this guy for many years. inrnk youronnge [applause] this is indee my fifteen reading at -- don't worry, i'm not going to read much. trtihesedftn inuc me as the eel wise of politics and prose because i grew up here. but my first reading w

. >> next on afterwards victor cha on his bock. it's a history of the kim dynasty and one of the most secretive nations in the world. he talks talks with scott ?ieter on the -- ?ieder on the counsel of foreign relations. it has part memoir, part history, and part, i guess, what i call international relations. it's a sketch book on north korea. what were you looking to accomplish by writing the books and what sort of impacts do you hope? >> i'm glad you didn't say pound try. i wanted to write the book, when i left the government in 2007, i really had no desire to write a book about north korea. i'd been dealing with the issue for three years. involved in the negotiations, between everything, you know, really close up and i didn't have a desire to write it then. but five years later, in a situation that north korea was in, it seemed like an opportunity to write a little bit about my experiences there, a bit about the history, and about the u.s. policy to a more general audience, i think this is the sort of issue i think people don't

then they won and he turned the radio off and said what is your bock about? man! i'm just being honest. it's terrible but i'm telling you up front. so, you know, i was trying to give him a short answer and i said it's called "implosion, can economic america recover in economic." he said i'm from a muslim-arab background. by the time we got to the radio station, he said, you know, i'm a muslim but my wife is a christian, and i'm starting to visit a church together here in the washington area. i'm getting curious about spirit you'll things. i thought lord, i'm sorry. i'm such a moron. excuse me sir, i can't talk to you. i have to do a radio interview talking about how people we need to wake up and jesus. if you can hold on for and hour. i'll be back in an hour and talk about it on the drive home. we can. and again, he -- we covered a lot of ground. very breasted young -- interested young man in things particularly christ. he's weighing this country he's adopted. a country that is now a citizens of, our country, the united states, he's like, you know, i thought i cam