chat i was the happy hooker of literature. >> that lack of respect for her writing still rankles erica jongbecame a sensation when she published an audacious novel called "fear of flying." her heroine isadora wing, a writer like jong herself dared to think the same rusty thoughts as generations of male characters. you created the phrase that's gone down in history we're going to call it the zipless f word. >> we call it the zf on television. >> what is the zf? >> the zf is the fantasy that you see really handsome stranger on a train. you wrap your arms around each other, clothes fly off as if by magic and isadora says in "fear of flying" and i have never had one. now, how did that go from "and i have never had one" to "if the erica jongs of this world have their way, women everywhere will be hopping from bed to bed to bed to bed." did nobody read the book? >> good for you. >> actually more than 27 million people read the book. now nearly 40 years later at age 73 she's back with "fear of dying" this time about issues of vitality and mortality facing an aging former actress. >> i generally av

about me or about anybody else. >> and erica jong plans to keep writing. though it's been four decades since she first made her mark. >> "fear of flying" has become shorthand now in this country for when somebody is afraid to take a risk. it. it was a metaphor. it was a melt forefor sex. it was a metaphor for ambition, it was a metaphor for moving beyond limitations. and now i look at the racks of books and half of them say "how to become fearless" and i think, with that. >> osgood: coming up the dogist has his day. at about my family? my li'l buddy? and what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital but i wondered if this was the right treatment for me. then my doctor told me about eliquis. eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. pnot only does eliquis treat dvt and pe blood clots, t but eliquis also had major bleeding v than the standard knowing eliquis had both... turned around my thinking. pdon't stop eliquis unless your peliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. pdon't ta

alyx: the evolution of elvis costello, plus novelist erica jong. and a rodeo you must see to believe. those stories and more, right here on kcci at 8:00 a.m. alyx: then at 9:30, face the nation with john dickerson. ahead of clinton's testimony, we'll hear from the top republican and democrat on the benghazi. plus john will discuss the recent democratic primary debate with strategist david axelrod. and bob woodward will talk about his latest book "the last of the president's men". the book offers new details about one of the men at the center of the watergate scandal. that's at 9:30, right here on kcci. let's take a look at the forecast one more time. very warm day. metinka: you're looking at great temperatures today and tomorrow, and improvement. after this morning's cool temperatures near 40, we are going for 68 today with sunshine and a strong southwind then tomorrow, temperatures get even warmer up to near 80. it will be a gusty afternoon, rain showers in the forecast alyx: today's top stories are straight ahead, another full hour of kcci eight