obviously a fictional cartoon character.see a real bear showing off some martial arts moves, well, that's a recipe for millions of hits and a lot of people scratching their heads and saying, there's just no way. this video starts out like any other shot by a tourist visiting the zoo. but it quickly turns into a scene from "crouching tiger, hidden black bear?" ♪ >> it's like, always on the verge of going out of control. and not once does the bear hit himself in the face. like that's really impressive. >> i love this one. the kind that you watch it and even if you're by yourself at the computer, you start giggling but you can't stop yourself. >> no one's heard of the teenager mutant ninja bears. is this the work of a talented visual effects artist? or is this black bear channeling the ghost of bruce lee? >> it does look really fake. so much dexterity. >> when animals do something that looks human, we're just taken aback by it. we think how the hell did it do that? that's crazy. >> i was waiting to find out what camera trick th

a suspicion about fiction itself, but fiction was proposed as being something that conceals the true motives of the writer, so whereas most that practice it think fiction is a way of revealing truth, not concealing it, but, anyway, i heard it a thousand times. people said he's hiding behind his fiction. >> your real agenda. >> yeah, my real agenda, concealed in this make believe, you know, and i thought this is -- this is really one way of describing it that it's a category, people reading fiction as if it's disguised fact. and so, for instance, in this dream, when the religion is born, and there are adversaries abusing the newly faithful, you know, jeering up, and, you know, which happened. you know, it was the early history of islamists were persecuted, and so how do you show persecution without showing the persecutors doing the persecuting? can't do it. >> right. >> and then if the things the persecutors say when they persecute the persecuted people are accused -- the author's accused of agreeing with them; right? that he means what they mean, and suddenly, you realize what they m

but fiction requires time and vidal needed to make money. he bought himself time when he adapted his political play, the best thing for the screen, in 1963. tired of his house in your city he moved. they are vidal finishes bet not -- best novel today. the last pagan emperor, is a subject that is the subject of for fastening chapters. expanding on the first person examples, and memoirs, vidal told the tale through multiple and a raiders, a device that enabled him to use pieces of a voice he developed in his essays. he was better at showing -- that are at telling and showing anyway. and first person narrative is all telling. storytelling. the book came out in 1964 with excellent reviews. it was a surprise bestseller. he returned to edgewater, wrote more essays, more political journalism and it worked in other screenplays before he returned to rome to finish his washington novel. this is simply named washington, d.c. is a family saga about political life from the new deal to the mccarthy era. at bush in early 1957, it was a step backwards, a su

now, this is what we in the trade call fiction. [laughter] [applause] that would be the technical term for it. [laughter] but instead i had one of the strangest accusations of all the strange accusations that was leveled against me, but from quarters of the islamic world. it was as if there's a suspicion about fiction itself. you know, fiction was being proposed as being something which conceals the true motives of the writer. so whereas most of us who practice it think that fiction is a way of revealing truth, not concealing it, but anyway, i heard it a thousand times, people said he is hiding behind his fiction. >> your real agenda. >> yeah, my real agenda is concealed in this fiendish make believe. >> uh-huh. >> you know? and i thought this is, this is really one way of describing it that it's a category mistake, you know? it's people reading fiction as if it's simply disguised fact. and so, for instance, in this dream sequence when this religion is being born and there are adversaries abusing the newly-faithful, you know, and j

with fictional characters. i can't have them or say anything i like. he is a real person, when i write about him must be true in that way. so what i try to do is use the actual words. i try to put in his mouth things he says were in a memoir. to maintain that authenticity. i haven't seen where the conservative aristocrat meets the prime minister. there were two bolsheviks from moscow in 1920 going around great britain and preaching communism and making fiery speeches and giving money to the newspapers. he says to the prime minister, you should send these people home. you should expel them from our country. george says the more the british people know about it, the next thing we know, he is coming to his best view, and he is quite sure that every day that they speak, they are turning more and more british workers off of the whole idea of revolutionary -- well, that and all the nazi and come it actually comes from a memo he wrote at the time. people were genuinely thing to him, you have to help and he wrote a mem

. >> domestic fiction was the most popular form of fiction really in the mid-19th century. >> it's well past the time when women used pseudonyms, published under male names. it was a greater success rate. >> i think that this is probably one of the most influential works of literary fiction in american history. as we talked about before, lincoln's famous statement about it but not just in 1852. the popularity as richard was saying was something that has, right to the present in the 1890s during the jim crow era. "uncle tom's cabin" again commit very important novel for african-americans to articulate civil rights. it exhibited an enormous influence not just and other writers but on leaving political figures and social activists. so without "uncle tom's cabin" you rich without strong, written very much to model. he wanted to model his work during the reconstruction era after "uncle tom's cabin." james baldwin famously in 1955 publishers the screen against "uncle tom's cabin." but for him, too, in the 1950s he says no novel has ever exerted over him like the power of "uncle tom's cabin."

i think what historical fiction can do with existing history insert things in between those existing facts. things that might have happened in addition to what happened. and, try to get inside the heads of some of the peripheral players as well as some of the main players. >> who is fred larue in your novel? >> fred, unless you're a real watergate buff you're unlikely to know. fred larue was a man from mississippi, a republican operative. worked in the nixon white house. not a business card. no salary. did a let of work for attorney general john mitchell t fell to him during the watergate scandal to be the man to coordinate payments to the burglars, hush-money. >> this is historical fact? >> this is historical fact. larue was a soft-spoken, intriguing man. he had a tragedy in his life when he was young. when he was in his late '20s he accidentally killed his father when they were out hunting and he was an increasing figure. and i remember thinking, he had the kind of personality i wanted to think about and explore. so he becomes a main player in the novel even though he was a relativ

. >> the first fictional novel. paths crossed because he had intentions or aspirations for doing my biography. and i had to wrap my mind around the idea of being a 29-year-old with a biography. tavis: no memoirs at 29. >> he said, i always wanted to do fiction. immediately. he said he wanted to do if in the world that i know. we just collectively created this world and these characters in this plot. we have been off to the races ever since. you know what? a thing of a little biased. because i am really close to it. but the response from the people that actually read it is phenomenal. his it is received very well. i can tell how anxious people are making sure that i expedited the process. you know, they were somewhat cost file and airports. how did you leave me hanging like that? it doesn't come out tomorrow? i am flattered by it. tavis: how is the process of writing music uniquely different or similar to creating characters in a book or novel. when you write songs, you create that as well. >> for the songs, unless i

you have it in fiction as well as non fiction. some where along the line we were taught that non fiction is simply facts. it is not truth. facts wrapped around a story. facts put in a story. let's go back to that porch again, this time my mother in that soft tone of hers. she would tell hair raising ghost stories. she would start at the hour of the dark:30. that is 30 minutes before it gets all the way dark and the monsters come out. and i can hear her say, you used to be a woman who appeared under that street light over there and our heads would all go as one with the street light. it was though we were looking for the lady who walked in front of our house and didn't have a head. when she got to this street light she vanished. then in the same breath she would say, now would you go into the house and get me a drink of water? i would have to go into that creeky old house all by myself. it wasn't so bad in the living room because the lights from the front porch, but she had a table that had claw feet and i knew it was going to snat

the real fiction here. yes, it is true a company can go in bankruptcy and emerge. real life was gm-chrysler didn't have enough money to pay suppliers or employees, and by the time the government could have negotiated guaranteed with anybody that might step up to make a loan, those companies were out of the business. it is reality and he's showing why republicans never say i am sorr it is ridiculous. >> steve, is rick right that bankings were so bad shape they would have gone in bankruptcy and no one would have lent them money. >> in the fall of the 2008 there was a panic on government guarantees. but geral mots and chrysler should have gone in controrsey. equity funds would be willing to get the assets. bankrupt nation and equity funds in greece are saying this is low price and we are come nothing and buying their bonds. >> even bain capital turned it down. the psident said if we listened to romney you are buying foreign cars. what about chrysler isn't tt a foreign car? >> of course we would be buying. >> is chrysler a foreign car company its owned by fiat. >> all

>> sure. >> stephen: is that fantasy fiction?>> every lawyer wants to do that i felt that way when i was a lawyer, there were a bunch i wanted to kill. (laughter) >> stephen: people say write about what you what you know -- (laughter) john grisham, is there something you're trying to tell us? (cheers and applause) you don't have to tell me what it is but are there any things that you've done that are illegal that you would want a better lawyer than you defending you? (laughter) >> i can't think of anything i've done that's, like, really illegal. maybe some speeding, going over 55 miles an hour, something like that. a little mini income tax cheating. not admitting anything but maybe maybe. >> stephen: that's okay. tell us about the nblg tax. >> a little bit. >> stephen: the i.r.s. has a great sense of humor. (laughter) >> oh, they've got a file on me, yeah. >> stephen: do you think so? >> we've had issues over the years. >> stephen: have you ever done a foya request on yourself? >> a what? >> stephen: foya request? >> oh, freedom

we'll separate fact from fiction to get you on the right financial path. >> let's get a check of the top stories of the morning. natalie's down at the news desk. >>> good morning, everyone. the 21-year-old man behind a foiled bomb plot is now behind bars without bail. officials say they nabbed quazi nafis wednesday morning in a sting operation in new york city when he parked a van with what he thought was a bomb outside the federal reserve building. the explosives were fake and his associates turned out to be undercover officers. nafis had come to the u.s. on a student visa in january from bangladesh and had allegedly tried to recruit others to join him in his jihad. but police believe he ultimately acted alone. terrorism authorities say the public was never in any danger. >>> president obama and republican rival mitt romney are trading barbs on the campaign trail. but some tough words are coming from the candidate's supporters romney's son tagg said in a radio interview he wanted to, quote, take a swing at president obama during this week's debate. he said it was a joke. meanwhile,

. >> domestic fiction was the most popular form of fiction in the 19th century. >> hawthorne considered her a second rate hack and no one appreciated his first great literature and as we passed the time went -- [inaudible] there was a greater success rate among women writers in the late 19th century. spat think this is probably one of the most influential works of literary fiction in american history. as we said before not just in 1862. the popularity as richard was saying was something that had come her to the present in the 1890s during the jim crow era. uncle tom's cabin again became a very important novel for african-americans. is exerted enormous influence not just on the writing but leading political figures and social activists. the novel was written very much to model during the reconstruction era f. drunk with tom's cabin. james baldwin famously in 1955 you know, publishes a screed against uncle tom's cabin that for him too in the 1950's he says no novel has ever exerted influence over him like the power of uncle tom's cabin and it's really the sentimental power of this novel t

. >> jon: no, this is not fiction. >> killing lincoln was fiction this is real. >> no, no, both are nonfiction. >> jon: okay. we'll see. so you got killing lincoln, killing kennedy, i assume killing garfield. >> no. >> jon: the president or the cat, whichever you want to do. what is the next one. >> killing colbert. >> jon: oh that's not-- no. i cannot abide. you have stepped over the line, sir. >> i heard that he was your-- . >> jon: we're still going down saturday night. now you have angered me. now you have angered me. (cheers and applause) you have angered me. >> i heard he is your debate coach is that correct. >> jon: he is my debate coach. >> and he brought out a chicken last night. >> jon: i wanted to work on speed and chased the chick earn around the studio. and there was a bread hen and a does il one and it didn't go anywhere so it was easy. >> that is how you preparing for-- prepping for the rumble with colbert and a chicken. >> jon: yeah, that's right. that is how i prepare for most everything. >> and i'm supposed to be worried about that. >> jon: are you not supposed to be worried

fictional. >> you left out number two who is fictional. >> usain bolt. number one is james bond. >> who was the other one? >> christian gray was up there. >> he's 13. >> number one is the fictional james bond. >> the one i call 007. >> okay. we need your help, people. don't we? well, you need them to help you. we are going to show you somebody that wants to help hodi. i think we have that. >> i took a picture with george clooney. it only happens once in a lifetime. look how it turns out. it was dark. my mom goes, who's in the middle? that's george clooney and you don't know. that's after the picture has been worked on and lightened. when it was posted -- >> don't you like being in the dark with george clooney? >> yes, i do, now that you mention it. anyway, it's nice. on my twitter i woke up and was clickety-clacky on twitter and this woman named adele holeman took a stab at making it lighter. now it's black and white, but grainy. at least now you know it's him. >> it's probably impossible to ask such a thing. >> dream big. >> what if, could you imagine i

he tells the story of an accident that devastates residents of a fictional town and picked their struggle to survive. nhk world has more. >> reporter: the movie is directed by award winning director, sono. sono views public interest and nuclear safety has been fading since the accident. with his new film, he wants to remind people. the film shows how the threat of radiation exposure affected local residents. this pregnant woman is too afraid to take off protective clothing. >> translator: i've made my film extremely dramatic. i extracted the essence of the whole thing and tried to express it clearly, briefly, and emphatically. >> reporter: sono visited fukushima again and again to hear from survivors. this area was once a no-go zone, and it's still pretty deserted. as he travels through disaster areas, he came across a woman. she gave sono the plot for his film. this is toyoko susuki, a 17-year resident of fukushima. her house is 20 kilometers from the nuclear plant. in april last year, the government designated areas between 20 kilometers a no-go zone. the line was suddenly drawn through

like most good fiction, it's not really fiction. parts of it are but a lot of it is based on things i've done since then. so pretty interesting. the e-book, i was never in e-book person. i like to feel a book and turn the pages but i'm coming around slowly. you get 600 books in their ipad and you have to travel with one ipad instead of a backpack of book so that's cool but they did a really good job with this. it's interactive and full of cockpit displays and for the uninitiated it explains when he's talking about a hug but is that, you know what it has really cool pictures and graphics. we went out to the melich air force base in june and one of my friends was a wing commander out there. they loaned me an airplane for a day and they filmed the whole bunch of stuff with the airplane and some of the sand is all in there so if you are e-book types, maybe you want to have a look at that because it turned out really well. that said if there are no other questions than thanks for coming. i hope you guys like the book. [applause] if you h

and these fictional areas follow so exactly the real-life accomplishments of will and strong thurmond to make the pseudonym superfluous. simkin sivan flipped and referred to hogs do. despite the minor errors, the manuscript provides an intimate live on willem strom thurmond. simkin's treatment is relatively generous, describing holidays cold-blooded and his law practice, learned in the technicalities of the law without the remotest interest or impolite culture. he also pronounced him deserving of the honorary degree awarded him by the university of south carolina. he was man of moderation and charity who refuse to speak unkindly if anyone's at the town's most popular citizen for 40 years. yet the distinctive quality that emerges of pollock stoops was that of remarkably mature pics there. he rolled ventura county to machination so secret that went for decades kovalev under his authority without being aware of its existence. it was the quality of that and to drive into the fat. that's the other thing i didn't tell you about the 1912 election is that he didn't just attack jealous. he act

he said the emmer rick-brentano papers are perhaps best treated as devout fiction or well intentionedrauds. that's how her original writings evolved and were added to. so that has to be said in connection with this. >> that's right, he's drawing from all sorts of resources, he's drawing from med evil passion plays, i think h drawing from the tradition of the horror movie, i think he's drawing from the action adventure movies, there's all sorts of sources that we see here. let me give you a real question here on what image may be emerging. some viewers have said that the brutalization of death and jesus leave, for revenge, could we say the new image of jesus as the savior, demands or at least inspires venn jennings, we feel victims of the terrorists of 9/11 and 311 and want revenge, we see jus as another innocent and he's brute alized and have this feeling of revenge, is that at work here? >> i think absolutely. one part might have book is these track things in the united states and the key one we're in now is the post-911 era of war in iraq, war in afghanistan and it's not surprising

what made you want to fictionalize what happened in real life?t i think is most interesting about this book. there are so many accounts out there right now of the actual time, that n be kind of boring? this is great way of learning about what happened and really understanding it, but getting wrapped up in a fiction where i read it, basically overnight, is one of those books tat grabs you. what made you want to fiction alize it? >> it is not a personal story. it is about the collapse but about a bond's salesman's personal journry during the collapse. people want to learn sothing. that ear ais fascinating. i think for the first tile, if you looked at 2007,the numberf people who had even heard the name bear stearns or lehman brothers or this thing called the fed can do things and look at that same thing in 2009 it was tenfold more. these issues became headlines not just on business news but all news after the 08 collapse. people want to learn more abouit and it is interesting to take a personal journey anyone of us could have and set it within this

these fictional characters follow thurmond's real-life accomplishment of will and strom thurmond as to make the pseudonyms perfect. one time simpkins even slips and refers to him as well. despite some minor errors in fact the manuscript provides an intimate perspective on well and strom thurmond and on edgefield. simkins treatment of hog stoops is relatively generous describing him as cold-blooded in his law practice, learned in the technicalities of the law with interest in justice for a black culture. simkins also pronounced him deserving of the honorary degree awarded him by the university of south carolina. hog was lynch woods man of moderation and charity who quote refused to speak unkindly of anyone. the town's most popular citizen for 40 years. yet the distinctive quality that emerges from simkins portrayed was that of a fixer. he ruled lynch would county through matching nations so secret that through decades could live under his authority without being aware. it was the quality that would deride him as a pussyfoot and that is it the thing i didn't play about the 1912 election

prize and was shortlisted for both 2011 and 2012 orange prize for fiction among many others. it was selected by "the new york times" book review and the editor's choicby the globe as the best book of the year and for comparable honors by amazon, quill and wire, the "san francisco chronicle" to name just a few. "half-blood blues" is esi edugyan's second novel. the second life of samuel times was named one of 2004's books to remember the new york public library. he was nominated for the hurston wright legacy award and part of cannot's canada's new fiction program. of -- parents or as they say in nigeria the naming and parents, in calgary and making her home in victoria, esi edugyan has held residencies in spain, in iceland and in germany. she is a writer who the globe and mail says promises to leave -- lead black editor not only direction i haven't agree with that. for revocation, for her invocation of the time and a place that are entrenched in our imagination through the language that they use. even as they define our imagination and for her illumination of people upon whom t

agent tony mendez who takes on a rescue mission stranger than fiction. >> it had to be real because ift wasn't, it would be so absurd that no one would believe it. >> reporter: afleck also directs the new movie argo which tells the true story of six american diplomats trapped in iran at the height of the country's revolution. bryan cranston plays the c.i.a.'s assistant deputy director who helps approve the outlandish operation to smuggle the diplomats out of iran by disguising them as a hollywood product team trying to shoot a fake science fiction movie called argo. >> the story is crazy even by hollywood standards. almost imapplause il. this didn't happen like this. if someone just wrote this and said hey, would do you think, they'd go, come on, get out of here. this can't be real. it's too fake. >> reporter: just in real life, the six americans are forced to go into hiding in iran. after escaping a military takeover of the u.s. embassy. they took shelter in the canadian ambassador's home. afleck wanted his actors to feel what the weight to be rescued must have been like. before filmi

or she says it's part fiction and part reality, just like politics.started in spring of 2011 and shot for nine months. we had an idea of the story arc we wanted for janine. we wanted her to be a person of realities. over the course, she loses her job and health care and goes through a lot of trials and tribulations. we had that story in mind and leading up to the caucuses and captured the candidates as we could capture them. >> and it opens

. >> this claim is based on a fiscal fiction. >> the bipartisan nonprofit committee has called that a gimmick. the president is also counting on savings agreed to last year when the white house and congress agreed to raise the debt ceiling. >> governor romney's central economic plan calls for a $5 trillion tax cut. >> mostly fiction. >> tonight, president obama said his plan would cut the deficit by $4 trillion. that estimate comes from a left-leaning center on budget and policy priorities. >> social security is structurally sound. >> according to the cbo, social security will run into financial trouble by 2030. the amount it pays out will exceed the money coming in. >> president obama accused mitt romney of proposing a $5 trillion tax cut. but the nonpartisan web site, fact check dot-org says that is not true. another questionable statement, obama said he would raise taxes only to the rates they were when bill clinton was president. but many high-income people would pay more than they did their then. >> that's not true. >> mostly fiction. >> another questionable -- >> if you are pres