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after her rst marriage collsed she fled engla for den i can't leaving behind her two children.ied and dirced five tis. british society was shocked when news of her scandalous baviors l colonial setecame public. osborn's new book about her great grandmother called "t bolter" i was us an iimate look at he life. i'm pleased to have frances osborn here. >> thank you. >>harlie: why this book? >> whythis book? >> charlie: why not this book. >> imagine bei 13, made u imagine to be femalea 13 year old girl you open the newspapers one sunday morning, there, the top of the newspers is picture of woman standing in a 1920s ouit in africa, between pair of ephant tusks. derneath is written the headline ristocrats, alcol and adulter a serializati,n about thmurder of, a british earl back in the 19 -- send world war. and this man, errol washe third of her five husbands. it described this woman who welcomed her guests a she lay naked in the th, served tm cktails in her bathroo d them a four-cour french meal in her farmhouse hh up in the african mountains then after dinner me them play ges to see
after her rst marriage collsed she fled engla for den i can't leaving behind her two children.ied and dirced five tis. british society was shocked when news of her scandalous baviors l colonial setecame public. osborn's new book about her great grandmother called "t bolter" i was us an iimate look at he life. i'm pleased to have frances osborn here. >> thank you. >>harlie: why this book? >> whythis book? >> charlie: why not this book. >> imagine bei 13,...
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the ur pain rate remains at 1% while the bank of engla kept it at 0.5% in an effort to stimulate economic growth. so from britain, ca sales in at country have actuall gone up for the first ti in more th a year. thks in large part to a cash foclunkers introduced by the british gornment. last mon sales were 2 1/2% hier than they were last july. still fothe year so far, british car sales are way do. >>> germany launched its version of a c-scrapping incenve program six months ago. and now "the financl times" reportan unanticipated problem. criminalit says, have bought up an estimated 50,000 german carseant for the junk keep and transportedhem to western germany and africa. that's 5 3% of the program. they are acsing the german vernment of not controing the scrapping of the ol cars. >>> it tur out there' a huge lashgs jit mt marketor use cars iafrica, especiay those from germany. it's a business that's been in existence for many years and the nter of it is on the west africa nation of ben. as u're about to he in our "worldfocus" spotligh report, the inctives bein oered in cash for cnkers progr
the ur pain rate remains at 1% while the bank of engla kept it at 0.5% in an effort to stimulate economic growth. so from britain, ca sales in at country have actuall gone up for the first ti in more th a year. thks in large part to a cash foclunkers introduced by the british gornment. last mon sales were 2 1/2% hier than they were last july. still fothe year so far, british car sales are way do. >>> germany launched its version of a c-scrapping incenve program six months ago. and now...
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anytng about the royal family in engla, as you probly know britain, people are sort of...eful. >> rose: well, not jus careful. bupeople had a feeling... >> and funny, i hope. >> rose: and they jus thought yogot her and what think surprised me people you liked her. you ew to understd her and admire her. >> wel i don't know about understand, you know. >> rose: i would think undersnd more than lik but you're sing like more than derstand? >> well,ertainly like d maybe love. >> re: maybe loved h? >> yes, maybe loved her. >> rose: because? >> i think a combination of complicated things. rtly because she was so very much of my parents' generation. althoughounger. but, you know, she came out o th pre-war and then the war generation of britain and those with the years that formed her characteand her personality and that incredible sense of diipline. >> rose:nd responsibility. >> and responsibilit and akind ofacrifice. and adhering to it through thk and thin a absoluly nev waivering. ver wvering. really eraordinary. and as i studied her and the pey dropped more and more about who th
anytng about the royal family in engla, as you probly know britain, people are sort of...eful. >> rose: well, not jus careful. bupeople had a feeling... >> and funny, i hope. >> rose: and they jus thought yogot her and what think surprised me people you liked her. you ew to understd her and admire her. >> wel i don't know about understand, you know. >> rose: i would think undersnd more than lik but you're sing like more than derstand? >> well,ertainly like d...
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in engla and he spent a loof his career tryingo rereate a mrs. miniver f germany. >> rose: so the cinema idea is there. revenge is there >> yeah. >> rose: the is dir dozen. there st of t cher o key idea whi is we're going go in there, we're going kill them. we're not taking prisoners and 're going toscalp them andeave a mark. >> thedea behind them doing an apache resistanc is the idea that it, you know, they will ambusheven soldiers, say,hey will kill them take their scalps and desecrate the bodies and lee them there for the germans to find. it is the abouthe seven guys they lled, it'sbout th story that is goin to go abo the basterds and how it is going to get into the psyche of th german soldier. >> rose: how did youreate the idea of the german guy who is, in fact, his great, he was aabsolute. >> yeah, yeah. >> rose: that's exacy what he was. e guy who would find out wherthe jews were. >>is name is colonel hans landa. his nickame that the jews have giv him inrance is the jew hunter. rose: and talk about the exacting in actg in a nute but how did
in engla and he spent a loof his career tryingo rereate a mrs. miniver f germany. >> rose: so the cinema idea is there. revenge is there >> yeah. >> rose: the is dir dozen. there st of t cher o key idea whi is we're going go in there, we're going kill them. we're not taking prisoners and 're going toscalp them andeave a mark. >> thedea behind them doing an apache resistanc is the idea that it, you know, they will ambusheven soldiers, say,hey will kill them take their...
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give us a sense of the level of concern the white house has on the tropical storm that may impact new engla idler that possibly affects the president's vacation, the folks that are here? >> we are monitoring the tropical storm very closely. obviously, we have some of the smartest weather folks in the world working for the federal government, and we will make sure that we acted properly in terms of how that goes. obviously these events can be etty unpredictable so we are watching like everyone else. >> can you talk a little bit about what the girls have gone on vacation, and also what will happen. [inaudible] >> well, i suspect, and if that's somebody's phone, i would appreciate it if you would turn it off. so far, the girls have eaten some ice cream, hung out at the arcade, spent a lot of time on the farm hanging out with her parents and friends. in terms of what they're going to do when the obama's are at the funeral, i'm not 100% sure. [inaudible] >> on sunday? .com on friday they are staying here. on sunday everybody's going back to washington. >> regarding camp david,. [inaudible] >> it
give us a sense of the level of concern the white house has on the tropical storm that may impact new engla idler that possibly affects the president's vacation, the folks that are here? >> we are monitoring the tropical storm very closely. obviously, we have some of the smartest weather folks in the world working for the federal government, and we will make sure that we acted properly in terms of how that goes. obviously these events can be etty unpredictable so we are watching like...