i'm here with charmaine parks and steve mccrary. the two of you have been together 17 years, married for nine years.

so the main characters charmaine and stan begin the story living in their car. so what gave you the thought to set the book in this way with these characters in this situation? - well i started off with the idea-- so stan and charmaine are living in their car it's really awful. they did have a house, they did have jobs. they ended up losing those and they're in their car and it's a very unpleasant place to be because there's also no social controls and there's people roaming around trying to get their car away from them. - right the world around them - it's very dangerous. - [evan] has really kind of fallen down. - yeah no social structure. so then they see an ad on television. and the the ad on television says sign up for our project which promises full employment for everyone. - [evan] right. - you get sort of a digital tour of what you get and you get to live in a real house again, you get fluffy white towels. now the inspiration from that was, do you remember those leona helmsley hotel ads with the towels? - [evan] oh of course. oh yes of course. - those wer

charmaine says... "i've buried or flushed enough goldfish to not give it a second thought. i definitely would not pay $500 to save one!" mary agrees... "i would of just bought another gold fish. $500?" but ruby sees it differently... "unless she asked you to pay for it, i don't know why anyone else would care. i find it crazy that 8-year-olds have iphones, but i didn't pay for it, so let it be." and christine writes... "i wish all people had hearts like hers. this world would be a much better place."/// ((dave courvoisier)) >>> still ahead... letting go of the wheel. ((denise valdez)) >> uber has finally u cars... but what does it mean for the thousands driving for the company right now? ((dave courvoisier)) >> plus... quick action helped save a family pet today. the video showing henderson firefighters rescuing a dog from a house fire... and the life- saving tool they used./// <<< (( "you're watching 8 news now at five.")) and critical cancer screenings. but congressman heck voted to defund planned parenthood and was willing to shut down the government over it. heck oppose

charmaine carr passed away at the age of 73. you may remember, she played one of the 7 children. the actress also sang one of the movie's classic songs, 16 going on 17. >>> and dalton, the husband from couple, has passed away. family members say he died at a hospital in st. louis over the weekend. he facetimed with his wife, katie, as he was dying. the couple was hoping to ee each one other final time, but katie is currently in hospice in kentucky. both had cystic fie bro sis. when the two got married, it drew comparisons with the fault in our stars movie and novel. dalton was just 25 years old. >> he's been the held it together. >>> after the break, you are going to meet this week's 7 everyday hero. she is helping with a problem ea. here... here... or here. today, there's a new option. introducing drug-free aleve direct therapy. a tens device with high intensity power that uses technology once only available in doctors' offices. its wireless remote lets you control the intensity. and helps you get back to things like... this... and back to being yourself. introducing new aleve d

charmaine carr who nearly stole the show in the hit film "sound of music" died in southern californiahechlt died saturday after complications of a rare form of dementia. she was 73 years old. she also had no acting experience before her audition. her mom signed her up. the rest is history. >> you got to do what mom says. we'll be right back. the rio 2016 paralympics came to an end last night. ==nats of fireworks== =runs 3= ==sam//con't vo== >>> the rio 2016 paralympics came to an end last night. >> as you see, the games wrapped up with a fireworks display over rio de janeiro's americana stadium. rio is officially passing the baton to tokyo which is hosting the next paralympics in 2020. then britain, ukraine and the u.s. were next in the medal count. >> we want to talk about that forecast, because as you mentioned, we got a same day spare the air alert. >> you mentioned this was the first time they ever issued it the same day. i just checked their website, and yes, it is a spare the air alert day for today. tomorrow temperatures will cool off and air quality will improve slightly. it's

gary charmaine. stanchion our. >> earl shanahan.aniel james shea. >> robert john shea jr. >> kathleen shearer. linda june she end. >> robert shara. >> john sherry. >> mark shulman. >> thomas schumer. joanna sigmund. gregory sikorsky. david silver. >> stephen stiller. greg silverstein. >> diane simmons. >> bruce edwards. >> george simmons. >> donald simmons. >> kenneth simon. >> arthur simon and my sister and best friend, larissa. she would want me to thank the 9/11 memorial and also all my family and friends who supported the scholarship and her name as well as supported our oldest daughter who is now married as well as the two daughters who are now in college. thank you to everyone. [applause] >> and my uncle and godfather. we miss you, and we think about you every single day. we love you so much. [applause] simon.ael j >> paul joseph simon. >> marianne simon. jane louise simkin. >> jessica simpson. jess simpson.-- thomas stinson the third. syracuse. ebola.michael >> francis -- paul albert vincent robert slavin. >> robert. >> paul.

. >>> and movie fans are remembering actress charmain carr who played leasele von trap in the sound of music known for the song 16 going on 17. carr co-wrote two books about the classic and frequently attended fan sing along events. she was also an interior designer with michael jackson among her clients. carr died saturday in los angeles from complications she was 73 years old. gottal here. >> a lot of wet weather along the east coast. we're going to see rain coming to our friends out west. because of hurricane paine. 75 miles per hour winds moving northwest at 15. the moisture from this will become a tropical depression but look at the moisture into the southwest. time we get on into wednesday and thursday. wet weather from palm springs, phoenix and albuquerque and then combines with a front so it squeezes out all of the moisture possible into the northern plains with two to four inches of rain in spots and we're looking at a lot of wet weather. airport delays up and down the eastern seaboard, the remnants of julia combining with a cold front and that's going to cause big airport del