journal project says don, you're the only anchor acknowledge e lynn harris passing. thanks for remembering a great writer. i can't tell you how many e-mails i got about from people wanting to say something about e. lynn harris. i want to go to my twitter page. brother grimace says law enforcement is notorious for making up mind early. joy fulkira says i can't help but be moved by the honesty and reasonableness of the gentlemen's conversation. bravo. need more of the same. thanks a lot for your program. drier buzz says more at 10:00 or repeat at 10:00 please. here's what joyful cure says, i love that white man. where does he come from that he understands? the actual facts says how does sergeant crowley teach

e. lynn harris a best-selling authored on frequent guest of 11 news saturday and sunday morning where he'd often pop up to talk about his latest novel he went from sell his first book out of his car to having 10 novels on "the new york times" best sellers list. he was 54 years old. >> even though it's summer doesn't mean education stops seesm how maryland's first lady is reaching out to children. >> you play enough golf, something wonderfully bizarre will happen. what this incredible hole in one earned a relative unknown golfer. >> we're watching showers and thunderstorms inching their way toward baltimore. it's 87 degrees at b.w.i. and the harbor. more on those storms after the break. oh, what's this? breakfast. it's kind of early, buddy. you've got to need to take some cholesterol off you. honey, have you been reading the cheerios box again? he got that off the box. (announcer) cheerios is made with 100% natural whole grain oats to help lower your cholesterol. that was very thoughtful of you. very early, but very thoughtful. (announcer) cheerios. good for the heart. >> baltimore's first

e. lynn harris. he died yesterday at a hotel in beverly hills. the cause of death has not been determined. his story is interesting. he went from selling his first book out of his car into having 10 novels on the new york times best-seller list. he was just 54 years old. the first you know governor of alaska, the first woman on a gop presidential ticket. how did sarah palin decision to leave office early impact her political future? cracks were heat, humidity, and summer-like summer storms on the way. pa >> this was the last full day in office for sarah palin. she resigned with 1.5 years in her term. a new washington post poll shows her approval rating at 53%, the lowest since bursting onto the national scene. it is that 70 percent among republicans, showing she remains a viable candidate within the gop. a prayer will picnic in anchorage today, she dodged -- a farewell picnic, she dodged questions. >> i will not talk politics today. we can do something more worthy than politics. we will be honoring the families of those who have loved ones who se

e. lynn harris died thursday night on a business trip to los angeles. no word on the cause of his death. harris will be remembered for novels that introduced millions of readers to the life of affluent, black, gay men. his characters were often masculi masculine, perplex and sometimes tormented by living double lives. his books had a huge following for black women. harris became one of the nation's most popular writers with 4 million in print. e. lynn harris, dead at the age of 54. @@open... to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me bre

e. lynn harris died wednesday night on a business trip. no word on the cause of his death. he will be remembered for novels that introduced millions of leaders to the life of affluent black gay men. his characters were often complex and sometimes tormented by living double lives. his novels enjoyed a huge following among black women. his book signings were often standing room only. he became one of the most popular writers with 4 million books in print. e. lynn harris dead at the age of 54. >>> some of your comments. let's go to the board here. angelina 247 says, don, there's only one color in the police department, blue. officers better support officers who might have their back one day. sad to say, but i would caution our president as he is under enough pressure right now. sadly haters are lurking. bacodebus says you show your bias when you act as a filter and discussion for permits some tweets to show and ignoring others. bias matters. no, i'm reading all of them. these are live coming in. the motivating factor, he came in to investigate a possible break in. if they prof

e. lynn harris was 54 years old. >> they're gnarly today. they're really big. they're huge. >> surfers may love it, but casual beachgoers are missing out on soaking up the sun in southern california. high dangerous waves have been pounding california beaches all day. in malibu, lifeguards are urging sunbathers to stay away from the water. >>> more water woes now. a bit closer to home this time. parts of central california are seeing streets turn into virtual rivers. pounding rain has dumped a ton of water on cumberland county, which is west of york near harrisburg. a number of homes in the area are taking on water and some roads remain closed. >>> no flooding here. we do see a shower pop up in downtown baltimore. >> a little bit wet out there. they stayed dry all evening. other folks saw some heavy downpours. but downtown baltimore stayed dry until a half hour ago. so that one shower popping up. but for the most part, dry weather in our immediate forecast. however, a little bit of rain to come for the later part of the week. let's take a live look outside and s

e. lynn harris has died. his publicist says harris became ill last night at a hotel in beverly hills. he was reportedly taken to cedars-sinai medical center where he passed away. laura gilmore says harris, who lived in atlanta, fell ill on a train to los angeles a few days ago, but blacked out for a few minutes, but seemed fine after that. the cause of death has not been determined. harris has written more than a dozen books including basketball jones, and just too good to be true. he was 54 years old. >>> president obama didn't exactly say he is sorry, but he did admit today that his remarks on the arrest of a black harvard professor heightened what he called a media frenzy, one that is distracting from his political agenda. timmon bradley has details. >> reporter: president obama today tried to put to bed the controversy over his comments about the arrest of harvard professor dr. henry louis gates, junior. >> to the extent that my choice of words didn't illuminate, but rather contributed to more media frenzy, i think that was unfortunate. >> reporter: earlier this week, the presiden

e. lynn harris the writer? >> i think i can honestly and truthfully say that i would not change a thing about my life. i think all those experiences to tell me to become a better writer and i went in word and when you go in and as a child or a person you tend to create a world where you feel safe and that is really what i do when i read my novels so i think that topanga the experiences have all been good fodder for the novels and they have also been an example for me to now live the life that i have always wanted to live. i think some times we let our childhood for who are adults hodes in a way of getting rid of it is saying that happens move on and move forward. >> how has the honesty and your relationship with her family? >> my family has supported me the matter what, they subordinate when going through all this out so i don't think it changes anything in it anything but my mother and my sisters has to read this along with you guys for the first time and just like you and just like them i'm sure it was diffic

e. lynn harris died on friday.in little rock, arkansas who said the advent, it is 35 minutes. >> wong puebla [applause] >> unwilling want good evening. when it is always good to be back in little rock, it is always good to be at pyramidion bookstore, this is one of the bookstores and that has supported made throughout my career and was one of the first places i did at a signing ads. many have you known this is,, this is my most personal book. and it was the most difficult one to write to me over seven years, but i think it is my best book because i have poured my house on every page usually i started my book tour is at home, voice are added little rock but as i got more and more successful it became a requirement that we start in new york because of the new york media up their peer down but i'm always glad to be at home and the low rock. i will probably be here more because starting this fall i will be teaching at the university of arkansas and so i really excited about that. [applause] one before aga started at th

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e. lynn harris will be held in atlanta. in august, harris died.e on a tour promoting his latest book, "basketball jones." he became a popular writer of gay black fiction, who once sold books from the trunk of his car. harris wrote 11 novels, 10 of them became "new york times" best sellers. >>> the neighborhood you're raised in could determine how much money you make later in life. and middle-class blacks may be the most affected. according to a pew study, 66% of black children raised in poor neighborhoods, even if they are considered middle-class, that is compared to 6% of white children. researchers say that causes more black children to fall out of the middle-class as adults. they say growing up in a poorer neighborhood has a greater impact on a child than the parents' education, employment or marital status. >>> it is a hand up instead of a hand-out, a program in atlanta is giving homeless men and women a second chance. samaritan house helps people with a home-cooked meal, a warm smile and the skills to help them move back into the workforce. i

e. lynn harris has died. the pioneer of gay fiction and literary premier was just 64.th as a romance writer led some to call him the male perry mcmillan. >>> thanks, fred. cambridge police officials asked president obama to apologize. we're going to talk about the huge race debate ignited by the arrest of an african-american professor in his own home. >>> plus, was this michael jackson's dream house, and was he planning to create a new neverland there? so what do you think? i think i'll go with the basic package. good choice. only meineke lets you choose the brake service that's right for you. and save 50% on pads and shoes. meineke. >>> all right. there is breaking news involving the jousted honduran president manuel zelaya. he's apparently crossed into honduras. karl pen shawl there. tell our viewers what's going on right now. we're looking at these live pictures. >> reporter: wolf, the ousted president is literally one step inside honduras. he took a step across a chain that divides nicaragua from hondur honduras. the honduran military and political analyst are ther

e. lynn harris has created the black chandra. he showed another side of black men's life.se of death was not determine. he was only 54. >>> two more troops were killed in a bombing in afghanistan. thousands of additional u.s. troops have been fighting the taliban in the southern part of the country, tuesday has 59,000 troops in afghanistan, nearly double the number from a year ago. >>> we're learning more about an american born man who admitted helping al qaeda. brian vinas has bristol-myers a valuable informant and giving them crucial information about day-to-day workings of al qaeda. testimony is being used by prosecutors in belgium who is laumpging an anti-terrorism case in that country. >> much of what vinas has had to say is new and provides a very new and detailed insight into modern al qaeda. we haven't had anything like this in several years. now vinas describes how he went on attacks inside pakistan against an afghan military base, described how he went in a group of about ten to 25 hikers, he was in the second group that carried mortar rocket launchers on top of