>> chanel miller: mm-hmm. >> whitaker: for the last three years, chanel miller has been writing her ownry. >> miller: here are some of the drafts. >> whitaker: the 27-year-old majored in literature at u.c.- santa barbara, and has wanted to be a writer since she was a child. she decided to relive the most painful experience of her life because she believes her story, filtered through the glare of the media and restrictive lens of the courtroom, remains untold. yeah, i'm sure it wasn't your top choice to write a book about this. >> miller: it's not the topic i would've chosen. but it was the topic i was given. >> audiobook director: so start at the top and let them have it. >> whitaker: we were there when she recorded her audiobook. >> miller: in january 2015, i was 22, living and working in my hometown of palo alto, california. i attended a party at stanford. >> whitaker: she didn't attend stanford university, but she grew up in its shadow. why'd you decide to go to a fraternity party? you were out of college at that time. >> miller: my sister was home for the weekend, and it was my way

we have still a lot more >>> chanel miller was onc >>> chanel miller was once only known as emily doet stanford "know my name" went on to become a "new york times" best seller. she's making her way as a young artist living right here in new york city. we caught up with her to find out how her life has changed. >> you moved to new york city in the middle of a pandemic. what has that been like for you? >> i'm very familiar with the trees in my neighborhood. i've developed deep grooves in the sidewalks from walking the same loops. when i was writing the book, i was alone at home for three years without any co-workers and without anyone knowing that i was at home. so i felt like, okay, i've been here before, but the difference for me now is that i'm not as mentally isolated because this time people are aware of who i am and what i'm doing, and i also think i was forced to live in a suspended state of uncertainty for a really long time. i waited a year and a half to get that verdict. i had to just keep reassuring myself that no matter the outcome, i'd figure out a way to be okay. right now

. >> chanel miller mural is called i was, i am, i will be. it represents healing as a three-part process , reflecting on the past, being mindful in the present, and envisioning the future. >>> after a year-long investigation, the fbi and san francisco police arrested a suspect in a gang-related murder of a teenager. authorities say that fernando is accused of shooting and killing a 15-year-old in the mission district. the boy died on scene. at the time, officers tried following a car that i saw leaving the scene. they lost track of it. >> we will continue to investigate street violence targeting the children in our city. disproportionally, these are in communities of color. nobody should be afraid to walk a narrow neighborhood. nobody deserves to lose their son or daughter to gang violence. >>> the suspect killed the victim over a territorial dispute with a rival gang. >>> president trump visited his younger brother, robert, hospitalized in new york. you said is other is having a hard time. >> what ails her brother, robert. how is he doing? >

. >>> reclaiming her identity and 2015 chanel miller was the anonymous victim of the sexual assault from a stanford student and later wrote the best- selling memoir and now making a life herself as an artist in new york city. she sat down with our cbs reporter to talk about how her life has changed. >> it's been nearly a year since you revealed your identity and what is it like now that the entire world knows your name. >> i am really grateful that before the lockdown happened i was able to have a few book signings and to meet people face-to-face, and to experience the warmth directly. people would line up and write their names on post-it notes in the book so i could sign them and i kept every single one. i am meeting the people that saved me. >> reporter: you write that your art helped you get through some of the darkest periods of your life. now you are creating art, and exhibiting art. what does that feel like? >> i think a lot about how when i was in court, a place completely devoid of art. that was difficult for me. art has immense power to nourish people, and to also address your h