c.j. chivers will be well known to you. in fact, chris chivers was part of a team of new york times staff that was awarded the 2009 pulitzer prize for international reporting. his new book, "the gun," is is a history of the ak-47 and the, that weapon's significance in world affairs. he comes to this book not just based on his experience as a reporter, but he also served in the marines for six years between 1988 and '94. he also worked in asia as the bureau chief of the moscow bureau of "the new york times". he was with the bureau for four years and bureau chief for one year. most of you, even if you're not a gun enthusiast or knowledgeable about guns, will be familiar with the ak-47 just because it is so widely available and so widely used. you saw an ak-47 in osama bin laden's videos, you see it in newsreels, everyone from literally child soldiers to drug dealers to terrorists. it's commonly seen. so we have a lot to cover today, so chris chivers who he has a boston area code on his phone number, he lives in providence, he

c.j. chivers would be well known to you. in fact, he was part of a team of "new york times" staff awarded the 2009 pulitzer prize for international reporting. his new book, it "the gun" is a history of the ak-47 and the weapon insignificant and world affairs. he comes to this book not just based on his experience as a reporter but also the marines for six years between 1988 and 94 and also worked in asia as the bureau chief of the moscow bureau of near times and was there for years and bureau chief one year. even if you are not a gun enthusiast or knowledgeable you would be familiar with the ak-47 because it is so widely available and so widely used for use of the ak-47 said it and the osama bin laden videos, newsreels from talks soldiers to drug dealers to terrorist it is, the scene. we have a lot to cover today. chris has a boston area code with is phone-number lives in providence just back from us get -- afghanistan and we're proud to have him here. how did this project get started with the a cave 47? >> sometimes you com