please welcome dave barry and alan zweibel. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you for the fairly lengthy introduction. those are going to go first. i am dave. first of all, we're thrilled to be here at the commonwealth club. i want to tell you a little bit about myself. i live in miami. i moved there in 1986 from the united states. [laughter] one of the things i always feel like i should do is to defend my city because it had a bad reputation, a bad image. the zogby does this organization -- and does this poll were they asked people about different cities. many respondents thought miami was a dangerous and violent place. that hurts. when we see that, we want to attract those people down and kill them. [laughter] it is a wonderful city, it really is. it is a question of learning to adapt to the local culture. for example, you would never say out loud in miami, i do not know, i think you have to admit that castro has done some good for cuba. [laughter] anyway, what ever you have heard, disregard. it is a great town. we have a new

we have dave barry and alan zweibel peter i am along for the ride. you answered about 10 questions that people have submitted. about the movie, i picture steve carrell as one of the characters. reading it, i was alternating for that character. any idea who willpeckerman? who would you like to? >> brad pitt. >> i knew that was your answer. [laughter] >> thank god it is radio. >> alan is the film guy. >> i just hope this does better than the last time i had a book that was going to be a movie. i am not sure i want to be connected with it an alan zweibel film. a number of years ago, our son adam was about seven years old. he was at that age where at the dinner table, he would look across at me and my wife, and just an expression on his face, you could tell what he was thinking. like, i could do better than these two, you know? so i wrote this little novella, a fable about a 9-year-old boy who declared himself a free agent from his parents. he went all over the world offering his services as a son to the highest bidding mothers and fathers. it did ok. i

when i was in high school, my cousin gave me one of your books, "dave barry talks back." i have not read anything like it before. i was on my couch laughing out loud. i went to college couple of years later and said i wanted to try this. i was at usc. i wrote a weekly humor column in a similar style to yours. i ended up writing 100 of these every week, every night. >> and you are homeless now. >> sincerely, it was one of the most rewarding experiences i had done, so thank you for that. >> is that the statement or the question? >> the statement. >> he is so much more a fan of mine and yours. if anybody has any questions about deli, i am here for you. sliced meat? i am here for you. hitler, bin laden, and this kid. i hate him. >> you're right about that head comment. >> and you are standing pretty far away. [laughter] >> in transitioning from writing your short for humor to yearlong for narrative, what was the biggest challenge? >> being brave enough to try it. i was in my 40 pause before i even tried to write a novel. i said i did not know how to do it. if you read a lot,

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counters copyright infringement in the us for the judge that was enough for richard's mother it was dave. barry going to impact the gulf states i don't think that you brigid site t.v. shack was seized by u.s. authorities last year this is what you see on the home page now he didn't host any illegal videos itself but posted links to where users could find them u.s. prosecutors claim richard banked two hundred thirty thousand dollars in advertising revenue from the site although he's never been to america they claim his actions had a direct consequence is there to be treated unfairly slightly. here because he was just pro extradition for well i've heard all about but i'm just going to go with the other side anyway so. all that work that we. deal with there when he's i'm not sure if you were there last time before when he said made a good strong argument but all went out of the window completely. you know giving him no no we can't be held. accountable. the u.k. u.s. extradition treaty was signed in two thousand and three supposedly to bring international terrorists to justice but many fear fair to

welcome back to "morning joe," that was a bit of insight on comedy writing from miami herald's dave barryou two get together? what's the back story on this book? >> we did an event for steve martin in washington, d.c. when he won the mark twain award. and i looked at alan, there's something about him, he has the world's biggest head. >> you guys are too close, when you get back further, it sort of becomes normal. >> i think it's volume, i think he's got the whole package, head wise. >> you know something? we have just started this book tour, in all these interviews, he describes me like hoss cartwright. a guy who has a big head and -- >> alan is a collaborative medium guy. he said we should do something. and i said yeah, because i thought we would never do anything. but then -- >> then i was persistent because i'm used to people not wanting to be with me, so i just kept going, going, going. >> because of your big head? >> i don't know if you know this, but law school helped you. >> we have got a guy who's written a book or two and you're collaborated, but these guys wrote their book a lit

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barry simms has been in court all day. he joins us with the latest developments. >> the judge tossed out 11 of the charges against dave. they decided not to prosecute 12 others. the jury will charge of second- degree rape, assault and perverted practice. now let's tell you about the dna evidence. >> prosecutors presented a key part of the investigation into the sexual assault of a 12-year- old girl. they also included an explanation on why their case did not include any dna evidence. he is charged with the august 14, 2010 rape in woodlawn. the victim claims that they dragged her into -- a director into a storage room and forced her to do sexual acts on them. she found the dna of the co- defendants on the victim and on the victim's clothes. jurors were told there was no dna match for dave. dna cannot prove guilt or innocence. it is a small piece of the puzzle. the main reason dna is not found in the sexual assault include the use of a condom, the person cannot produce sperm or had a vasectomy. the dna was there but not detected. the attorney has based much of his defense on the lack of dna evidence. >> tomorrow the defe

dave clark. it's wednesday, january 4th. >>> happening right now -- it's been a really long night for san francisco police. they've been trying for hours to convince a barry suspect hiding off telegraph hill to give himself off. tara moriarty has been out there, too. they are at the scene. what are police saying now? >> the police are trying to establish some choke points, some areas where they believe the suspect may try to escape. they want to cut him off. they believe he's hiding out right over my shoulder here. see where the truck is? that's where they believe he is right now. joining me live is the lieutenant with -- with the police department. this burglary suspect has been hide for almost 15 hours. what's the next game plan? >> right now we're trying to keep him contained. i got off the phone just now with the crime unit. they have some prints that they don't think they belong to the suspect. but if they -- we're tying up a lot of resources for this. if we're able to identify him, then there's no need to stay here and try to keep him contained. >> reporter: we understand around 5:30ers broke into an apartment that was not -- 5:30 last night, he bro