our guest is ellen miller of the sunlight foundation. >> ellen miller is directing of sunlight and is the guest this week on "the communicators" to talk about politics money and technology. producer of the communicators is joining in the questioning this week. ms. miller if you could start by telling about the sunlight foundation is and what it does. >> it is a 3-year-old nonprofit non-partisan institution that was designed to create greater transparency for the work of the u.s. government using the technology so the internet and of technologies underlying are at the heart of everything we do and we are interested in transparency particularly data and information about government and using the technology to put it in the head of citizens where it belongs. >> and how do you use the technology and what kind of technology to use? >> we use several pieces. one as the sort of core of our work is making sure that information produced and about the u.s. congress and exit of privilege and the regulatory agencies is available online in a 24/7 fashion the way we expect to find any information t

our guest is ellen miller of the sunlight foundation. >> host: elleen miller is the executive directer of the sunlight foundation, and she's our guest on "the communicators" to talk about politics, money and technology. pead pedro is joining in the questioning this week. if you could start by telling us what the sunlight foundation and what it does. >> guest: sure. well, it's a 3-year-old nonprofit, nonpartisan institution that was designed to create greater transparency for the work of the u.s. government using new technology. so the internet and technologies that understand lie it are at the heart of every single thing that we do, and we're interested in transparency, particularly data and information about government and using the technology to put it into the hands of citizens where it really belongs. >> host: and how do you use that technology, and what kind of technology do you use? >> guest: well, there are several pieces to it. one, sort of the core of our work is making sure that information produced and about the u.s. congress and the executive branch and the regulatory agenc

that's somewhat a legacy of the kennedys. >> ifill: how about that, ellen? what about the legacy of the kennedys? how much of this is just about the lure of the kennedy name, and how much of this is about edward m. kennedy as an individual? >> i think, again, it's both, gwen. it's not simply a matter that he was a more classically liblg senator than his brothers were. his brothers lived in an entirely different political culture than ted kennedy did. that is, they didn't have to face many of the issues that he had to take a stand on, issues like abortion rights, issues like the women's movement, which president kennedy in fact did have a commission on women's status, but the women's movement came late in this story. there are many-- gay liberation-- many of the issues that the democratic party has struggled with, ted kennedy had to stake out positions, liberalism facing these issues. his brothers never dealt with any of that. nor did they deal with a political culture that showed absolutely irreverence for political figures and that put their privaterk lives

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. >> ellen is heading up a team of paleontologists at what's called the "pig dig." this is the fossil of an archaeocerium, a giant pig that lived 33 million years ago. what is a paleontologist? >> a paleontologist is someone who studies life of the past, not people, but animals and traces of them. so, if you'd like to take a walk over to our pit, i'll show you what we do. >> sure. >> as you can see danny here is working on the spine of an archaeocerium. archaeocerium is the same animal that we had up there when we were looking that the mount skeleton. this is the big pig. you can see what she's working with. she has very delicate tools. she's got a scribe. she's got brushes. the fossils here are very delicate. the fossils take on the characteristics of the rocks that they're in. these rocks are crumbly and breaking. and these fossils are also crumbly and breaking. so she has to be very careful. >> i got a chance to see what it's like to uncover a bit of the past. what's all the labeling for? >> well, when we find a bone, we can't just take it out of the ground. what

pete, we just heard from ellen, a friend of judge sotomayor, about the excitement. what happens next? she'll be sworn in saturday. >> we'll be able to see it. she'll have two swearing ins. that's the normal tradition here and pardon me while i watch for the president. one is the regular oath, then a separate, judicial oath. she'll get the constitutional oath in private with chief justice john roberts of the court, then in front of television cameras, she will take the judicial oath, which is much longer and ornate, and we'll be able to see that. which is a first. i don't think we've seen a supreme court justice take one of those oaths on cameras. it will be in one of the conference rooms of the court, but still, that's a first. then there may be some sort of ceremony at the white house later, but the one that counts is this one. she'll have her formal installation ceremony at the court a little later and then she'll sit with the other justices earlier than usual. >> here's the president. >> i am pleased and deeply gratified that judge sonia sotomayor has been confir

and today clinton had strong praise for ellen johnson-sirleaf and her accomplishments.ite a recent apology for johnson-sirleaf for giving an example to charles taylor, an infamiliar lus warlord and later liberia's president. tayl liberia's leader at the end of 14 years of a brutal civil war. and it was the advent of a woman's movement earlier in this decade that helped to drive him from power. in tonight's signature story, we want to take a deeper look at the power of women in liberia. in a story we first brought you earlier this year. "worldfocus" special correspondent lynn sherr shows us how the movement gave women the kind of opportunities they could never have dreamed of. ♪ >> reporter: the message from monrovia, the capital of liberia, is loud and clear -- women rule, literally in the person of ellen johnson-sirleaf, the first female president elected in africa, and optimistically, as in this four-day conference of women from around the world, strategiesing on everything from stopping violence against women to funding political campaigns. the international women's

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. >> reporter: jo ellen patton from birmingham, alabama had a long career as a flight attendant, butme with her three children. soon after, her marriage fell apart. >> i get alimony and child support. i have three children. so i am financially, totally dependent. it makes me feel worthless, powerless. >> reporter: for jo ellen, the anxiety of living at the mercy of her ex-husband is unbearable. her financial dependency is paralyzing. >> it just makes me feel very small. >> reporter: what makes this workshop unique is the belief that serious money issues are not about money. nicki had two breakthroughs involving money and childhood insecurities. at birth, nicki had been abandoned by her teen aged mother and sent to an orphanage. nicki revealed a wound she didn't have. >> i don't own money, money owns me. my new money script. i have a brand-new relationship with money, and, damn, it fes good. >> and we really wish her all the best. let's talk about the lessons now. joining me, consumer psychologist kit yarro, she's author of -- it's "gen buy" right? >> "gen buy." >> as in generation bu

>> reporter: author ellen shell, her newbook, blasts the high cost of discoun culture. >> what is it about thse particar shorts and these particularhirts that we've got to have? we're compled to buy these things, most by the price. >> reporter: we're coelled by marketer says shell. who understand how human natur d the brain that embodies it olved. our love of bargains. >> scientists ve shown that go deal tggers a pleasure center of the brn. almost all ofus to su an extent that obliteres a more reasonable, rionale side. >> in the case of baain hunting, the anticipation of ning something for very low prce triggers the biggest reaction, biest pleasure sensations inthe brain. it's not the actal owning of the objec okay? >> reporter: shl thinks the brain we huntegatherers were graced with when we stped volvingany millennia ago feels bad when itasses up a barrin in. >> wh we want to avoid in liis . we hate reess. >> rerter: for goodeason. >> wn you talk aboutregret, wee going to speculate about ear man, mistakesn those days could very bad. for exale, if you msed the opptunity to r down tha

ellen says, please clarify for me. >> we looked into this our website as well. obama said the aarp endorsed his plan. we rated this barely true. the aarp does not endorse a particular bill or plan. but the aarp has looked at the legislation and they've issued statements saying they're pleased with a lot of the things they see. the aarp wants to see more of its members covered and it wants to see costs controlled more people can control insurance. >> i'm not sure if we have an answer on this one one, but it was posted on my facebook page earlier today. this was from a viewer who says when the bill is passed how soon will i be able to sign up for the public option? do we know? >> we don't know. the bill creates this health insurance exchange and gives a commissi commissioner a lot of power to set standards. it's not clear how long it's going to take to get this thing up and unaring but i don't think anybody wants to wait very long. so we'll see as far as they can probably get it operating. >> angie holan is with politifact.com. i walls ant to bring in josh levs. >

[applause] >> ellen johnson-sirleaf became the president of liberia in 2006. previously served as that country's minister of finance and as an executive for citibank. she was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by george w. bush. the oracle group organized this discussion for their weekly interview program in the cafÉ with mocha. for more information, visit the oracle grew.net and click on the show tap. >> douglas brickley looks at the first green president >> next, a portion of the tv is a monthly three-hour live program in depth. on the first sunday of each month, we invite one offer to discuss their entire body of work and take your calls. in depth also includes a visit with the author to see where and how they write their books. that's what you are about to see. >> this is my bedroom. this is the corner of my bedroom. i usually don't write here. i'd have a steady but my daughter is living in it for the summer. it's her bedroom actually. while she is home from college. so i'm parked here on this card table, and i do have this fantastic view, which is

>> reporter: author ellen shell, her new book, blasts the high cost of discount culture. >> what is it about these particular shorts and these particular shirts that we've got to have? we're compelled to buy these things, mostly by the price. >> reporter: we're compelled by marketers, says shell. who understand how human nature and the brain that embodies it evolved. our love of bargains. >> scientists have shown that a good deal triggers a pleasure center of the brain. almost all of us to such an extent that obliterates a more reasonable, rationale side. >> in the case of bargain hunting, the anticipation of owning something for very low price triggers the biggest reaction, biggest pleasure sensations in the brain. it's not the actual owning of the object, okay? >> reporter: shell thinks the brain we hunter-gatherers were graced with when we stopped evolving many millennia ago feels bad when it passes up a barring in. >> what we want to avoid in lif. we hate regress. >> reporter: for good reason. >> when you talk about regret, we're going to speculate about early man, mistakes in thos

>> well, yeah, actually, ellen, i was introduced to ellen through the internet, through social media. alan is sitting next to you, and virginia. they are part of the organizers here today. >> we got some very good ideas about from india about how to let people that are very, very poor use something called microcredits to design their own health care plans, using the internet and technology. >> i'm going to talk about mi o microcredits and the doctors with that. we're in a time crunch because the president is going to speak. i want to thank bob goldberg. go on twitter.com/don let mon c, if you have a question p or a question for our doctors. and also hands off my health care as well. we appreciate you sticking around with us. standing by to bring you live coverage of. our extensive coverage on health care continues this hour. we have ed henry standing by and also ali velshi is on the road in the cnn express. we'll find out what he is hearing bumping along from people all over the country. boss: so you've been doing a nice job out there helping people save money on car insurance. gecko:

joe ellen welsh has seen evidence under a microscope. >> in the laboratory we've seen that vitamin "d" with directly affect the cells in the blood vessels that control blood pressure. the heart cells, fat cells. >> reporter: recommended daily intake for children is 400 international units of vitamin "d," the amount in a basic multi vitamin. but only 4% of children actually take a supplement. many researchers believe that dose is not enough. institute of medicine reviews government guidelines debating whether the daily recommended intake should be increased. especially when there's such a simple solution to aproblem affecting so many americans. john mckenzie, abc new, new york. >>> our medical unit put together information on various you'll find it at our blog, the coming up, the remote village getting a pricey new airport paid for with your money. i'm used to it. three ? time out! you're doing ok, but are you really... going to put up with overactive bladder forever? that could be what you have. one in six people do. it's a real .medical condition... where involuntary ladder contracti

thank you. >> thank you, ellen.ext turn to john wonderlich. >> my name is john wonderlich, policy director for the foundation. we are a nonpartisan, nonprofit dedicated to using the power of the internet to catalyze greater government transparency. at the heart of our work is the appreciation for the transformation of power of online technology. our technology with vision for government transparency is visible in our organization, which digitized data and create tools presenting information in cages communities and advocacy from more information and makes tools and information, makes sure tools and information are in the hands of journalists, citizens, government employees and everyone between. technology's role as the driver of disruptive change, has become culturally familiar as our role as consumers, family members, and businesspeople have evolved over the last few decades. the internet's role in shaping the friends and citizenship, however, is only just starting to develop. as technology redefines how we interac

. >> ellen davis says the average american family will spend $46 less than they did last year. >>> meanwhile, president barack obama will appear in a back-to-school tv special to air next month. he will promote the value of education with singer kelly clarkson and basketball superstar lebron james. >>> in other news -- plans haven't been announced yet for columnist and former cnn crossfire co-host bob novak. he died after a long battle with cancer. he made headlines when he revealed the identity of cia operative valerie plame in one of his columns. he was 78 years old. >>> officials in new york investigating how this scaffolding collapsed killing one man. three men were working outside of a apartment complex in brooklyn when the bottom gave out causing one man to fall to his death. two other workers were found hanging from what is left from the scaffolding. they were both rescued. >>> the next story proves you're never too old to break a record. in weight-lifting granny is proving age is just a number. 85-year-old shirley cone smashed a world record by becoming the first woman in her age gro

the shooting happened right next to the edgewood lynnhurst recreation centre where neighbor ellen laboosays many teens hang out. >> it's almost expected because you see so many guys down there. but it is an eerie feeling. i don't want to take my dog for a walk in that park, and i've been here over 40 years. >> reporter: just two miles away in the 2100 block of edmondson avenue someone walked into this store saturday afternoon and shot a man in the back of the head. he's in critical condition. no word on a suspect or motive. across the street, bishop michael hannah says there needs to be a hard focus on family. >> i don't know how to reach their persons, you know. they're looking to survive. if there were advocates, a focus, a focus on people who are in this circumstance, i think it would help. >> reporter: another teen was stabbed to death early saturday morning on north paca street downtown. the suspect was caught a short time later. >> our goals are to rebuild the community, reunite the families, we believe it starts with the family. >> it's time we come out and say no more. >> report

she voiced strong support for liberia's president ellen johnson-sirleaf, first woman to become head of in africa. clinton's trip ends soon she returns tomorrow night. >>> on cape cod, the kennedy family is saying good-bye to eunice kennedy shriver, the sister of the late president and the woman who stood up for the rights of the physically and mentally challenged. nbc's andrea mitchell joins us from centerville, massachusetts. andrea. >>> good evening, ann. all day here today, the family greeted the famous and the not-so-famous at our lady of victory church behind me. as the wake continues tonight. you have seen everyone here from of course, maria shriver, the daughter of eunice kennedy shriver, and her brothers, her siblings. also of course, arnold schwarzenegger, oprah, carolin kennedy. and the not so famous. the special olympians who think of eunice kennedy shriver as their grandmother. she told me they mentored them and loved them. in fact an inspiration. she single-handedly changed the way that the physically and mentally challenged are treated all over the world. and she will, to

suose you did a two-minute lumn at the end of e news and jontewart did one and ellen degeneres did one chris buckley did one andhen on friday night i'd get the editor of some college newspaper to do one. that's how you're going to brincollege kids -- tavis: i accept. >> you got it. tavi even well into his 80's donewitt was still thinking of innovative ideas and perhaps nothing speaks me to his lega than this, last sunday night, me than 40 years after its debut the ngle most watcd television in all of television,60 minutes." don hewitt passed away today at the age of 86 following complications from pancreatic cancer but the shadowf his legacy willxtend for generations toome. that's our show for tonight. until xt time, good nigh lfromng from l angoses. and as alway keep the fai. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavissmiley@pborg. tavi hi, i'm tavis smile join me next tim with.s. education ofsecretary arne duan on president oma's education agenda. next time. see you en. there's so many this wal-ma is looking forward to doing, like helping people live bett but mostly w're loo

. >> reporter: ellen's husband of 39 years was heading to the university of baltimore where he was pursuing is his third masters degree in youth counseling. >> i kept calling and calling, and it kept going to voice mail. and by 4 and 5 i was getting frantic. >> reporter: relatives say he was a safe rider. he even had mirrors on his helmet. , i really want to know what happen and bring to it closure. >> reporter: police say the accident was caught on camera. but the picture is so grainy, they couldn't make out the license plate on the plain white truck. investigators believe the rider clipped the back wheel of the truck. they think the driver left the scene without knowing what happened. >> didn't know anything. of course it looks dangerous. >> reporter: on this evening, we saw numerous cyclists, this down maryland avenue. although there is no bike lane, there are several bike crossing signs posted and painted on the road. but after visiting the scene, the yates family find it hard to believe the driver never knew. >> this is going to be looked over with a magnifying glass from bottom to end

norm ornstein from american enterprise institute, andrew reseij from personal democracy forum, ellen goodman from rutgers, john wonderlich from the sunlight foundation, and beth white had the great -- an order to get the olympics to chicago, had a great idea of electing a president from chicago. the immediate next that is to let eugene huang open this workshop. until there recently he was at the treasury department working around difficult issues with economic relations with china. before that he was in the state of virginia as the secretary of technology. between eugene and vivek, we are proving there is great innovation each -- east of the mississippi and we are looking forward to innovators from west of the mississippi joining us. i look forward to a productive workshop, and thank you all for being here. [applause] >> thank you, mr. chairman, for those warm and inspiring opening remarks. it is my distinct privilege to welcome each and every one of you to this first workshop of the national broadband task force. my name is eugene huang and i will serve as moderator. joining me toda

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ellen, let's start with you. the message does continue to change.s communicator as president obama is, he has been off cue on his message. >> they have screwed this up. i will tell you what he needs to do. he needs to get up with a little blackboard like ross perot did and win 90% of the vote. he needs to say this is what health care is going to cost. this is what it is going to cost if we don't do it and answer people's questions. it's just a complete rumor that we're going to pay for abortions and whatever. make it clear and say to the right go attack it if you want. here it is, buy the time if necessary, make it very clear power point use a blackboard presentation down home and like the fire side chats of roosevelt. gretchen: one of the problems boris is w. that maybe if he does actually lay it out he will get even more criticism. >> absolutely. the problem is the president nor are speaker pelosi or harry reid could do it because it is over 1,000 page bill and any of the copies that we have seen, any one of the bills. and so then first if they co

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. >>> time to look ahead to the weekend with ellen mccarthy of the "the washington post" weekend section. good to see you again. lazy days of the summer we are getting off to a great weekend this weekend? >> yeah. our whole cov s ttoerhiryseek water.aboutheer t great placese we are so luckywadunro here we eav h hav so much eaartewantro.. keic pdkeicd ten of oront picni really like is lake tapleon' pdoe n'eotnkelautpleo ado know about. kennelworth aquatic gardens, you have to get there. >> that's great. signature theater in arlington is opening its doors. what can we expect? >> they won a regional tony which is the highest a theater company can get. they a t towheirhe doors open saturday from noon to they tnooninavy e mi tony nominee il iny emr tskertole.fo prm julia nixon will be there. yoasseclch cs,atascls, catch performances all day long. there will be something new every 15 minutes. >> wow. >> classes for kids and adults. check out costumes. if you are in shirlington, you've got to get there. >> air guitar championships. >> are you ready? >> yeah. how can you ever not love a good air

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. >> a rare interview, ellen hughes-cromwick will be our guest. ford was the company who said if the one week clunker sales for the industry is where we're going, we an annual selling rate of 15 million to 16 million vehicles which is right back up where the peak was so we'll get more on that when i was told i had diabetes, i felt amazingly boxed in. (announcer) joe uses the contour meter from bayer. (joe) my meter absolutely adapts to me and my lifestyle. i'm joe james, and being outside of the box is my simple win. (announcer) now available in five vibrant colors. >>> let's take a look at the markets for you now. you can see the dow has slipped back into negative territory. the way the futures are setting up this morning, this is not bad at off. down less than a quarter of one% on the dow. nas is down 0.4 as is the s&p. internally, how do we look? not bad at off. 500 more losers than inwerers. on the nasdaq, only 300 more losers than winners. we're down, but not much. >> we were just talking about the ford taurus and its timing in the marketplac

>> oh, you know -- >> only time i have ever saw a urinal in this master bathroom was ellen degeneres' you, pal. you look gorgeous. >> all right. >> jimmy: thanks for coming on. welcome back to the show. how is your summer going? >> i just -- i just came back from l.a., and the damn traffic. all -- do you -- you live there? well, it's -- it's -- they say by 2020, they're going to have 9 million cars a day on the road. so, if you live in l.a., cross the street now. [ light laughter ] it is just horrible. >> jimmy: you'll never get a chance to cross the street. >> you never -- it's just the worst. i was there. i have a new charity which i launched for old people who don't have much sex. and it's called feels on wheels. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's a good one, yeah. >> you ring the bell. you go, "hello." and they are just so grateful. >> jimmy: i've heard about this charity, yeah absolutely. i heard -- i heard some sad news. >> yeah, my mother-in-law finally died. i mean, how much longer -- [ laughter ] yeah. it woke me up and go "boo!" i mean, i bought her a thing that says "i've fallen

. >> howard, i think you were there when i remembered and it came back to me what our friend, ellen simpson of wyoming, the former senator said about ted kennedy. when somebody was criticizing him, if you had gone through what you had gone through in life, you'd be drooling on the floor. 41 years of avoiding the assassined bullets. 41 years knowing his brothers were shot for fighting for public life. his brothers were all doing their public duty as they saw it. what do you think about that? it is something about the right-wing. here's a guy that faced the possibility that he'd be like his brothers and end up that way all those years. >> well, he faced the possibility of more violence in his family, his own safety. he faced the consequences of his own mistakes, his own deep and tragic mistakes. and he was human almost in the extreme. i mine of all the people i've ever covered in politics, i -- if can you quantify humanness, there is nobody more fully exuberantly but also tragically human than ted kennedy. and the people who opposed him who tried to make him into a cartoon character, i don't

it's ellen degeneres. meagan fox, you did like her. >> that would be meagan fox. >> she did have the shortest dress of the evening. i know you didn't notice that. what do you think of the twilight kids? do you remember when he went to the bathroom the whole crowd cheered in. >> yeah, i do. we don't mean to imply he actually urinated in the theater. he exited to go to the bathroom. have you seen twilight? >> no. >> can it be one of our dates? >> it can. >> talk to me about brit. do you feel like it was good brit, hopped up on the goof balls? what do you think. >> i think she spoke half her speech before anyone could hear anything she was saying. >> because the cheers were overwhelming. all right. there's one more picture i think was the photo of the evening. >> that's the one right there. >> america, do you think levi and i make a good couple? go to cnn.com/larryking. click on blog and let us know. i'm dying to hear what you think. although i can't take my eyes off levi. levi is going places with his life a

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today clinton m with president ellen johnson surleaf. the leader is the only elected woman head of state in africa. clinton says she brought warm regards from president obama and clinton's tour of africa is aimed at promoting development and democracy on the continent. >>> the american journalist detained in north korea are sending a message to everyone that supported them tonight. laura li ingling worked and sen to 12 years of hard labor. they spent five months in detention and freed last week. former president clinton negotiated that release. the journalists thanked everyone who supported them with letters and prayers. >> to all of the people who supported euna and me throughout the nearly five months we were in captivity, we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. >> all the letters and post cards you sent us gave us a chance to -- in north korea. >> they say they will share the details of their time in captivity at some point in the future. for now, though, they are readjusting to life at home and spending time with their fa

the people who will have a need and desire to see these books and use them to amend the books used ellen, how many have been recovered? >> the roll recover the day he was arrested. as with the chapter is about. it was quite remarkable about stephen blumberg which is what made him very interesting to me as a writer is a that not just that he stole the books. there have been a lot of but thieves and document the use and manuscript fees and matthew is an assembly very worth while to study and writing about, but was of particularly interest about stephen blumberg is that he stole the books to keep them because you love them. he built a collection of these 25,000 books and kept them in this house in ottumwa, iowa. he did this over 20 years. if the day he was arrested, 95 percent of the books that he had stolen were never known to be missing and of the day he was arrested so it became a very interesting story for me. it was to lead a study in bibliomania, an examination of a book collector who literally falls off the cliff and this is kind of where i read over here -- my reading chair. these a

joining me live is ellen chapping dean of the social justice program and close friend of sotomayor. she was nominee that we would be where we are today a couple hour as a from her being sworn? >> no, never had any doubts, begin her background, begin qualifications for the job, given her mainstream judicial approach. i couldn't imagine there would be any objection to her. >> okay. the judge becomes just the third woman, the first latina, ever to serve on supreme court. what do you think it is about her that got her to where she is? >> well, first of all, i'd like to say it's been a long time coming that there's only three women and the first hispanic. but i think she's an extraordinary person to be the first person because of her entell against, because of her drive, because of experiences she's had ranging from very excellent education to being a district attorney to being a lawyer for corporations, to being a judge. she has the longest judicial record of anybody who has ever gone to the supreme court. so she's been very, very well-prepared. plus her intelligence and her personality

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. >> the other book is ellen's on the edge, when animals teaches about humanity? >> this is a marvelous book. it's very moving, very touching, what she does here and she has quite a platform into this. she has been on 2020 and 60 minutes and when she tries to do is understand the have human behavior of tax the global population of animals and wild and captivity and is a very touchy subject. i think people who have read it temple brandon and jeffrey masson on this kind of issues will really respond to this book because our actions to have consequences especially on those creatures who can argue themselves like elephants france and so she talks about elephants have nervous breakdowns, that is what the title refers to a in an emotional life of a and the most feared and actually how our own empathy toward understanding how they behave teaches us something about what is to be human so it's interesting sort of turnaround. in our efforts to understand animals will begin to understand ourselves. >> to biographies coming out by two artists, charles dixons and in the warhol