atticus finch as a person defending a black man. "go set a watchman" sets finch in a different light. set in the '50s it describes how finch's daughter returns with her racial views. do you want negroes by car loads in our movie theaters? and in our world? finch's character may be a shock to mockingbird fans but readers we spoke to say it could be a more realistic portrayal. >> nobody's perfect. >> even if this characteristic, atticus finch did have some leanings to the other side, i would argue that we have actually seen an evolution. >> she's not here to write a perfect story. >> publisher harper collins issued a statement. the question of atticus's racism is a theme in the novel. >> even though "go set a watchman" was being released now, it was written before "to kill a mockingbird." racial tensions like the recent shootings in south carolina and the confederate flag debate. >> we have to find positive ways to address these differences or at least be able to live with each other. and that is a social problem, it is obviously a fa

it portrays a controversial side of atticuk finch. >> americans are used to seeing atticuk finch a hero, defending a black man accused of rape in the american classic ""to kill a mocking bird"." >> his word against two white people but harper lee's new novel shows finch in a different light. it shows how his daughter returns home and grapples with finch's racial view. do you one review describes him as a racist. another as a segregationist. finch's character may be a shock to mocking bird fans but readers we spoke with say it could be a more realistic portrayal. >> i don't see anything wrong making a character more human. >> even if this character attic us finch was leaning towards the other side, i would argue that we have seen an evolution. >> it shows that she is not here to write a perfect story. >> the publisher issued a statement on the new novel. >> even as it's being published now it was written before ""to kill a mocking bird"." and it's set 20 years later. it comes at a time when america is still grappling with racial tensions like the recent shoot negotiation south carolina,

the atticus -- atticus finch we know is now a very different man.yed by gregory peck in the movie, finch defends a black man wrongly accused of rape. atticus finch is considered one of the greatest literary heros in history but now in "watchman," a bombshell revealed by his daughter, a grown-up scout, 20 years later, atticus finch is a segregationist with ties to the ku klux klan. >> aty cuss broke scout's hart. he's breaking all our hearts. >> reporter: remember that lee, an alabama native, wrote watchman before ""to kill a mocking bird"" was asked to revive it, and in so doing made atticus finch a more palatable heroic character. >> he was a symbol for so many point wheel of what is possible, of a course that was different but in the end was that a good thing? did that just allow us to feel good about ourselves without putting anything on the line? >> reporter: mcwhorten says this book shows he was a complicated figure more reflective of the era in which he lived. >> we tend the look at these issues as good versus evil. atticus was not evil. he wa

the atticus finch we know is now a very different man. >> is there any other way to go?reporter: played by gregory peck in the movie, finch defends a black man wrongly accused of rape. >> what happened to you on the evening of august 21st of last year? >> reporter: atticus finch is considered one of the greatest literary heroes in history, but now in "watchman," a bombshell revealed by his daughter, a grown-up scout, 20 years later, atticus finch is a segregationist with ties to the ku klux klan. >> atticus broke scout's hart. he's breaking all our hearts. the story of diane mcwhorten understands the disappointment but she wants you to understand lee an alabama native wrote the watchman before to kill a mockingbird. mocking bird" was asked to revise it, and in so doing made atticus finch a more palatable heroic character. >> he was a symbol for so many white people of what is possible, of a course that was different, but in the end, was that a good thing? did that just allow us to feel good about ourselves without putting anything on the line? >> reporter: mcwhorter says

finch. >> the novel takes place at a time when america was looking at is he greg gas station and finch is portrayed as a leaders for justice. >> a lawyer who fights against racism defending a black man accused of rape in the classic " ""to kill a mocking bird"." but harper lee's new novel shows finch in a different light. set in the 50s it describes how finch's daughter comes home and grapples with her father's racial views. do you want negroes in the car load in our schools and churches and theaters? do you want them in our world? one calls him a racist. another a segregationist. >> i don't see anything wrong with making a character for human. nobody is perfect. >> even if this character attik attikus finch had leanings towards the other side if you will i argue that we have seen an evolution. >> maybe it shows that she's not here to write a perfect story. >> the publisher issued a statement on finch's portrayal in the new novel. the question is atticus's racism is one of the critical elements in this novel, and it should be considered in the context of the book's broader moral themes

. >>> plus -- >> what if atticus finch is a racist. >>> from abc news "this week" with george stephanopoulos begins now. >>> and as we come on the air this morning, those marathon talks to keep iran from getting a nuclear weapon may finally reach their end, after years of jockeying, 15 days straight of negotiations the next day appears to be make or break, hopes for a deal highest in iran this morning and our martha raddatz is live on the scene in tie ran. >> good morning, george. this could be a country on the brink of change. a high-ranking iranian official telling us a short time ago, that she's quite optimistic that a deal will come in the next 24 hours. in vienna secretary of state john kerry told reporters this morning, he had a positive meeting with the iranian negotiator, but there are still a few tough things to figure out, although the secretary says he remains hopeful. major sticking points have been iran demanding an end to an arms embargo, including on ballistic missiles and how fast sanctions would be lifted. this a nation that continues to back syria dictator. we have been her

was atityticus finch a racist? we'll discuss. but 55 years >>> this next story brings new meaning to the term spoiler. i about the you knownoe bet you know what i'm talking about. a new novel out tomorrow. your chance to turn away. if you're still with me atticus finch into kill a mock bird is portrayed as a racist in lee's go set a watchman. i know it's wounding. but harper lee wrote this version of atticus finch before "to kill a mocking bird." when she presented it to an editor, the editor suggested she rewrite the story in the eyes of finch's daughter and that's what led to "to kill a mocking bird" and the atticus that we all admire was born. >> you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. did he climb inside of his skin walk around it. >> according to a documentary filmmaker who just met the 89-year-old author lee wants the world to know her original version of finch. >> she's issued statements, her lawyer's issued statements. her very close friends have been interviewed. everyone sa

for atticus finch fans and fans of "to kill a mockingbird" that's the atticus finch they have known and loved for half a century. now harper lee's new book "go set a watchman" could challenge readers to reassess and rethink this great protagonist. maureen corgan is the brook critic for npr's "fresh air." maureen, thank you for coming in. you're one of the few people who have had a chance to read the whole thing and you describe the novel as messy. what does that mean? >> it is messy. i mean, if we take the other gin story of this novel at face value, it's a first draft to kill a mockingbird and it's sort of all over the place. there are a lot of dead patches in this novel but, of course, it's morally messy, too. because atticus in this novel which takes place in the mid-1950s is spouting views about race that none of us could have ever anticipated. >> so what do we do with this? she's shattered, she says "atticus is a racist, what do we do now?" i said "this is an alternate series where atticus turns out to be a racist but we can keep the book we now and love." do we have to reassess th

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it's atticus finch the character.n this book, you say it's distressing what's happened to him. >> yes. atticus finch is revealed to be a segregationist. someone who joins an organization to resist the integration movement that happened after brown versus board of education. >> and this was a book that harper lee wrote before to kill a mockingbird, so it's not sequentially a sequel. >> exactly. she wrote it as a draft. it was the first thing she submitted to her editor. her editor said well, why don't you do it when scout is a child instead of a 26 year old. you should get credit for how significant to kill a mockingbird came. that's a book we all pick up in elementary or middle school. it's one of the most important pieces of literature in america that at least gives an immigrant an insight to what this country is about. how are readers likely to receive what they think of as real reshaping of one of the biggest characters in american literature. >> it's going to be really interesting. a lot of people are going to be

they would prefer to have atticus finch fixed and the way we know him. like all important pieces of literature asks us key questions about ourselves. >> lee wrote "watchman" while living in new york in the 1950s. she first submitted to a publisher in 1957 who directed her instead to focus on younger scout. that book "to kill a mockingbird" won a pulitzer prize and up until now was lee's only published work. >> what's the message that harper lee is trying to convey? >> often there's no clear lines of what is absolutely right and what is absolutely wrong when you view the world. >> would you mind if i ask you a few questions. >> reporter: but will atticus finch long heralded for justice and equality now be viewed as a bigot or multi-dimensional man of his time? readers will need to make up his mind. >> he's got prejudices. we all have prejudices. let's not duck the work of doing it. >> well, lee is a notoriously private woman. she hasn't given a full interview in more than 50 years. we may never know why she wroept the character or published watchman. >> i

mia farrow wrote atticus finch a racist. all of fiction, few were assure specked and loved. another twitter user writes, our son is named for the most noble man in it will atticus finch. please say it ain't so. hash tag devastating. >>> pub lib cher harper collins issued a statement. in response to the early reviews saying quote the question of atticus is racism is one of the most important and critical elements in this novel, and it should be considered in the context of the book's broader moral themes ". >> but controversy breeds curiosity and this isn't likely to disrupt sales of the book a a manuscript which earlier this year and ma'am amazon says is among the most pre ordered books ever. >> i certainly don't like that. >> as for harper lee well don't expect to hear any explanation from her. the 89-year-old author is notorious rec clues. in fact she hasn't granted an interview in decades. in greenwich village stays tee delicate, fox news. >>> all right. pluto get ready for your close up. after 9.5 years and 3 billion mil

finch famously defended character tom ronbinson.ican-american man falsely accused of raping a white woman. >> now gentleman, in this country our courts all men are created equal. >> that was gregory peck who played finch in the 1962 movie classic. lee's new book isn't for sale yet but the twitter verse is going crazy. the idea of finch being racist is like spielberg doing a sequel. this tweet. lee completed go"go set a watchman" in the 1950s before writing "to kill a mockingbird." the manuscript wasn't discovered until last years. that he denounced desegregation efforts. i'm joined by spencer, the owner of old curiosities and book shop in monroeville, alabama which happens to be the hometown of harper lee. good morning. >> good morning. >> what has been the reaction in your town? zbl>> we've had a lot of orders the past few days ever since the book came out, even. we have at lot of events going on this week. we are gearing up to that. >> well, you know, in reading about the book and, you know, the revelation that atticus finch wasn'

it is a social problem, it is obviously a family problem for the finches. i think it is an extremely contemporary problem. >> lee said i am humbled and amazed that this will now be published after all these years. >> she said when she first submitted it in 1957, her he had door urged her to tell the story from finch's daughter's childhood years. that's how to kill a mockingbird came about. >> book critic has read the book and said it does not begin to compare to the classic to kill a mockingbird. >> it reads like a messy draft of something. again, the official word is that this was a first draft of to kill a mockingbird but it reads much more like a failed seek quell to "to kill a macing bird." it can be useful in terms of discussion about how people who are essentially good can have very distorted very bad ideas about race. atticus spouts a lot of theories that sound straight out of a you jenics test book. scout discovers that he's been reading a book called the black playing and accuses him of being no better than hitler. it's the extremity of his views a

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he ran into the same problem in the 1960's that atticus finch did.ch further down the road toward being an integrationist than atticus finch was but he had that same sense of fairness, and the same sense we are doing evil to these people who have done us no harm and have been at our side for ace injury, but even he could not get quite that last step. charlie: i don't understand what the last step is. howell: i fall back on the simplistic explanation, you have to say in the main, they are right and we are wrong. and that is adverse to the southern personality. you know that from your own experience in north carolina. alabama is the hot center of defiance, even at the expense of self punishment. and harper lee writes about it in passing in this book. she talks about the blend of the celtic peoples who settled the south and provided the great soldiers of the civil war and world war ii and all the american wars. defiance and a sense of agreement of being looked down upon is very much a part of that psyche. charlie: and it was influenced by reconstruction

atticus finch is now looked on as a racist.forms, even attending a ku klux klan meeting. >> we see atticus' darker side. he has, frankly, racist opinions about his black neighbors and clients, and he says he doesn't believe black people should be a part of civil society. this is really shocking to readers. >> mockingbird fans on social media say lee's new atticus is quote, ruining my life. another adding that it literally broke my heart. the author is staying silent but according to the news lee's publicist calls "watch man," bold. they say the question of atticus's racism is one of the most important and critical elements in this novel, and it should be considered in the context of the book. the heroic and more human atticus finch may be hitting shelves at the right time. >> this is a really complex and rich topic that really speaks to where we are right now. >> that was nbc's stephanie goss reporting. let's now talk to someone who has actually read the book, the new book, that is one of the rare people out there, national pos

"i refuse to read any book that makes atticus finch a bad guy." well, that's one way to see it. the other is this. this atticus finch will always be there, on film and between the covers of this american classic. john donvan, abc news, washington. >>> still ahead on this saturday night, they are supposed to stay miles away from airports. so, why was one drone hovering alarmingly close to a passenger jet as it tried to land? what we're learning about this close encounter. >>> and later, forget the composed courts of wimbledon. why serena williams is jumping for joy tonight. these stories coming up. bring us your aching and sleep deprived. bring us those who want to feel well rested. aleve pm. the only one to combine a safe sleep aid... plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. be a morning person again with aleve pm. ♪ i built my business with passion. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark mean

"to kill a mockingbird" at the time we needed atticus finch.at made us feel like we have humanity. there is someone who is good and right. >> does it upset you now that there's this character that is not as perfect a moral pillar and he's more complicated and racist? >> it excites me. it excites me because now, in the time of ferguson and charleston and looking at voting rights, a more complex conversation about race and structural races inherited by white supremacy. this is kind of a new context in which we are looking at moving forward as a country. this book i think, in this time brings up the kind of conversations that we are having now about structural racism and preserving supremacy and white, southern southerners that we saw with the confederate flag story. >> this book was written first. that means lee designed him as not a noble hero but an older guy reflective of the problems at that time not someone able to overcome them. she did that before? >> i think it's exciting. the idea that the publisher wanted her to put it through the child

finch and his daughter scout are back in watchman but they've changed this was finch portrayed by gregoryeck in the 1962 film version to kill a mocking bird. >> you never understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. >> finch who defended a black false falsely accused of of raping a white woman in mocking bird was a champion of justice intolerance until now. finch is portrayed as a racist in his later years. the new york times says in the book he's a man who once attend add kk meeting and makes derogatory statements p statements about black people. >> know what cooper who counts mocking bird as favorite aren't happy. >> it really puzzles me. i can't even believe that would happen because stood up for african-americans. >> probably burst the bubble of a lot of people's fond memories. >> on twitter reaction has been shark. mia farrow road at toy cuss finch a racist, oh, miss lee how could you, in all of fiction few were as respected and love. another twitter writes our son is named for the most noble man in it will at toy cuss firm. please say it ain't so. harper col

what's interesting about "watchman" is it gives us sense of what atticus finch might look like if "to kill a mocking bird" weren't a children's book, a character who is not free from the prejudices of his era, but is trying to do the best he can in the position he has. i would have loved to have read that book. i do think, i will say that this sort of urge to want to re-evaluate "to kill a mocking bird" in light of this new material is a bit mistaken. i think the book we have is the book we have and it stands alone as a piece of art and it doesn't require any reconsideration because of the new material. the new material we should treat and examine on some terms and in an academic sense try to trace how we eventually got what we got. >> hemingway said never show anything that a person isn't finished with. any way, i think "to kill a mocking bird" was the final product. it should remain the final product. your thoughts? >> yeah, i think so. she may have decided that the way she positioned it as the just man who doesn't succeed in a way versus the less just man who ironically does. it's

we was not one-shot finch. but in terms of integrity and understanding of children he is atticus finch. he was out there opposed today the clan as the editor. the clan was going down the street parading and he told them to get out of the street. he was not typical of his age. he was a thoughtful man and a compassionate man. a leader in his local church. believe me the elements of atticus are there. >> host: and the family plot is there in town across from the church. everything is close together. there is a walking tour you can take and you can do the walk in 15 minutes. >> guest: one of the models for boo is buried next to his father. >> host: they kept them in the house. and arthur died young. >> guest: he died at the age of 40 of tb. he had not been out in years. it started as grounding because he and fellows got in trouble but in turned into induced agor agorphobia and that is where you get boo. >> host: and the lee family plot is off the main road. the church is over here. and there is a spot they are all

they have monuments and statues and pictures dedicated to atticus finch throughout this small town inn alabama. and meany y many people say they're surprised by the twist and character development of atticus finch. he is not this beloved sympathetic character who was this the bastion of morality but a bigot and segregationist. and that has a lot of people surprised by this development. some people are worried about what it means for the way "to kill a mockingbird" the beloved classic, will be seen from here on out if at all, this will change the way that that novel is held. so you know it's incredible the reaction that we're seeing here tonight. several hundred people close to 300 people out for this release in the small town of monroeville, alabama, population of about 6,000 people. the bookstore says it has sold 7,000 books on pre-order sales alone. >> 7,000 books on pre-order sales alone. there you are in the hometown of harper lee. and we're looking at live pictures of people lining up to buy "go set a watchman"." we appreciate that. thank you. >> the thing is, if you've written o

what attikus finch is very much in tempo with its time. >> what does if mean? >> it's from isaiah, it means to go out get a report and come back. it means go out set an example and bring back your report. >> a lot of reports about the book suggests that it really rushes the image that we have of atticuk finch. do you see it that way? >> i'm not reading it that way. i'm reading it differently because i'm a student of this. i'm reading it has fall to value to me, i'm not reading it as a novel. i'm reading it as, whoa, this is what ""to kill a mocking bird" came from. you know atticus in this book, everyone wants a father like atticus and practically no one has one. the attachment ma people feel to him is that it's intense. sometimes when i hear people talking about him i feel like saying you know he is a functional fictional character. and this atticus is the same kind of parent, the parent we all love from "to kill a mocking bird." even though he says some racist things in this book, the acceptance of his child the kind of conversation that goes on between a fat

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us where a third victim has been taken.ate on their condition justin good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee, good morning. still awaiting an update on the third person's condition. it has been several hours at hahnemann recovering from their injuries which have not been released at this time. let's go to video. we are talking about a deadly crash that happened in the three- clock hour in the westbound schuylkill on the montgomery drive. kia sedan overturn strike ago this far right wall and going in to a very fiery scene there. that fire was put out some hours ago. two people did lose their lives, one person brought here to hahnemann for treatment. their injuries were not yet listed at this time. investigation has been checked. it has been jammed for 76 for several hours after this whole thing happened. still no word yet on a cause or if weather played a factor at all in this but you can bet that is being weighed as that investigation continues at this time this morning. we will bring you more updates as we get them. agai

the biggest surprise in this new book is radically different version of the hero atticus finch. famously portrayed by gregory peck in the movie as a lawyer crusading with racial justice. this morning, millions of a readers eagerly devouring a sneak peek, the early release of a chapter from "go set a watchman." the long-awaited sequel to the american classic "to kill a mockingbird." >> you never really understand a person until you consider their point of view. >> reporter: author harper lee offering a new point of view on the cherished characters from her 1960 novel. but the new take on this literary classic offering some really surprising twists. >> you're going to hear some ugly talk about this. >> the sequel opens with the scout, the youngest member of the finch family making her annual trip home from new york to macon junction now fully grown and grappling with love and big brother has been written out of the book. lee shocking readers saying, he dropped dead in his tracks one day. but the biggest shock has to do with dedicated father and champion of equal rights, atticus fi

at kus finch but it turns out he wasn't always so admiral.u hear the back story how and why harper lee changed her famous character. harper lee's biographer is here next. ♪ ♪ when you're living with diabetes steady is exciting. only glucerna has carbsteady clinically proven to help minimize blood sugar spikes. so you stay steady ahead. >>> now gentlemen, in this country our courts are created equal. >> that was gregory peck as atticus finch in the 1962 movie "to kill a mockingbird." now 55 years after harper lee's book "to kill a mockingbird" hit shelves, the character of atticus in another book is making waves for being racist. viewers and fans are stunned. with us this morning is charles j. shields author of "mockingbird" the author of the biography of harper lee. >> good morning to you both. >> how do you explain this met more sis we see from "to kill a mockingbird" to now this new book, which is actually an old book and harper lee wrote first but the character of atticus is radically changed. >> you hit on the key which is go set a watchm

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but the new novel says finch in a different light. in the 50s, the story describes how finch's daughter returns home and grapples with her father's racial views: one review describes him as a racist another as a segregationist. readers we spoke with say it could be a more realistic portrayal. >> i don't see anything wrong with making a character more human. >> even if this character did have leanings towards the other side, if you will, i would argue that we have seen an evolution. >> reporter: the publisher issued a statement on finch's portrayal in the new novel: even to it is being published now, it was actually written before to kill a mocking bird and set about 20 years later. the release comes at a time when america is still grappling with racial tensions like the recent shootings in south carolina and the confederate flag debate. >> we have to find positive ways to address these differences or at least be able to live with each, and that's a social problem, and obviously a family problem for the finches, and i think it's an ext

when we come back, atticus finch, we hardly knew you. the uproar over the new book linked to a classic american novel. next at 6: when a couple gets divorced, who owns the frozen embryos? ===take vo=== how a bay area custody dispute could set a national precedent. ===take vo jess=== plus, a stunning reversal in an east bay kidnapping that police called hoa ===next close=== next. >>> finally tonight, the fondest wish of many a book lover is about to come true at midnight with the release of a second book from harper lee, author of the 1960 classic "to kill a mockingbird." but fans might be in for quite a shock when they see what's become of a beloved character. here's harry smith. >> reporter: with a somber security guard on hand, it's clear there will be no early release of harper lee's new book "go set a watchman." instead, a reading of lee's classic "to kill a mockingbird." but the early reports have lee lovers concerned. >> it's kind of like you lied to us. >> i think it will change how i think about atticus finch. >> reporter: harper

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live with more tea tails on the investigation, justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that one victim who did survive at last check is in extremely critical condition. the let's show you car all four were in earlier, that car right there split in half by i am pennsylvania pack of that crash. this was a car that was an acura tl with two in the front, two in the back at 11:50 when it crashed on sanmeyer lane crashing in the tree and being split nearly completely in half police say. now travel at a high rate of speed. witness overheard the crash and called police once they arrived they say they he saw a very chaotic scene. victims range from late teens to early 20's. three here died on the scene. one taken to the hospital, in extremely critical condition. police say at this point they are looking into whether there was a second car involved, if this was perhaps a case of trag racing, that is unclear at this time. this case is under investigation. police say this was a recipe high speed and young drivers in devastation and that is what h

protagonist atticus finch you're calling him a bigot.es is former executive editor for the "new york times" and won a pulitzer prize about a book he wrote about the south and i'm pleased to have him at the table. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: the following quote was made, how can the saintly atticus described earlier in the book in much of the same terms as mockingbird suddenly emerge as a bigot? you know this. you know literature, you know the south, and you've read part of the book. >> i have to say, not to debate my former colleague and good friend, but i think people who think this book shouldn't have been published and that it's a betrayal by harper lee of her heroic character atticus finch have really got it all wrong. >> rose: how so? because of the nature of the book and because of the sociology and history of the south and because of the literary significance of this day of publication for literary scholarship, and let me walk through those briefly. this book is not just part of our southern literary tradition, our american li

i love the atticus finch i have known since i was a child."and john hergt took a more cynical approach: "it's simply an inferior earlier effort that was scrapped and now resurrected for money." as always, we welcome your comments. visit us at www.pbs.org/newshour, on our facebook page, or tweet us at newshour. finally tonight a new study published in the journal nature climate change finds global warming is changing the jet stream over the pacific ocean adding a minute per round trip to airline fly times. researchers say that extra minute applies to every commercial u.s. flight could cost 300,000 hours of flight time and a billion gallons of jet fuel per year. that's all for tonight. i'm hari sreenivasan see you back here today. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided

we are all scout finch. yes, scout. she grew up to be, of course, harper lee who shows her disillusion meant with a man. the publisher even says at its heart it is a coming of age story of a young woman who struggles to reconcile her father with her more enlightened views. this is the path to american liberalism. or their father figure or the founding fathers. they want to replace one ideal with another. government. liberals are not bad people. they are good people who stayed too long under the warm sun lamp of idealism. they were burned. instead of blaming themselves they blamed the bulb. >> joe -- >> that was quite a monologue. >> i came up with the analogy and then wrote a monologue. but aren't you tired, joe, of opening letters that start, dear white people. >> they make it seem like if something says dear white people my ears perk up that i say oh that's me. and to make it more annoying even in the headline it paired a dear white people with a "we are all." so two devices in one headline. it was very incoherent. fi

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live at police headquarters to tell us more about that, justin. >> reporter: nicole, good morning. police are working overnight on all four cases most recent happening at 3:30 near broad and hunting park avenue. lets get to you that video. that is a park where a 17 year old girl was found stabbed. she would later die. about that time 3:30 a.m. on the 5100 block of north front street in the olney section a man was found shot and killed and another on 5200 block of masher, a man was found shot there and he was transported shot in his foot and also in his leg. and 1:00 o'clock this morning in kensington on the 2,000 block of east stella street a man in his 40's was shot six times and he he would die from his injuries as well n southwest philadelphia on july 48:43 p.m. on the 1700 block of south 53rd street a man was shot and killed. we should know, no weapons nor any arrests have been made in any of these cases at this time. back out live police investigating four homicide, three shootings and one stagging. youngest victim just 17 years old. we are

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us near that scene. justin what have you learned. >> reporter: erika and ukee, we are on the 76 going west toward montgomery right now as traffic is flowing smoothly at this point but we do know that wreck was a single car accident and was fatal indeed. there were two people dead on arrival at the scene. one person taken to a nearby hospital, in word on the gender or age of those involve. lets get you now to video of that scene. we are seeing a aftermath of the wreck happened in the 3c o'clock hour of this morning. overnight that car overturn and caught fire, right on the right side, striking the barrier there and catching fire again there there were three people inside there, two would die, one taken to the nearby hospital. the response to the scene was intense throughout the morning. i will she you traffic here along 76, we saw lots of police cars and other traffic investigators. i can tell you as we approach the montgomery drive ramp here it is starting to backup here. if you are driving in this area

it is a be problem for be jean lewis finch and her father. it is an extremely be carat problem. >> harper lee said earlier i am humbled and amazed this will be published after all these years. >> maria ines ferre spoke with one of the first people to already read the book. >> so we have this unexpected shift in this literate hero of be "to kill a mockingbird,"," what do you make of this new image? >> it's a little perplexing. it's not just that atticus is an advocate for state's rights. you would almost expect that for a man of his generation in the south that he would be -- he'd have his back up about the federal government coming in and telling white southerners how to live. it's that atticus spouts a lot of theories that sound straight out of a eugenics textbook. atticus discovers he has been reading a book called the black plague and she accuses him of being no better than hitler. >> this is a graifer graifer graifs grave departure. how are they going to reconcile the change in go set a watchman? >> even though it supposedly was written b

the book is generateing plenty of controversy atticus finch is portrayed as a racist. diana rocco is live in mt. airy tonight this book has a lot of people talking. diana. >> reporter: certainly a lot of buzz, jessica. just a few minutes from now those bocks will open and literary fans will find out what becomes of their beloved atticus finch as this new book paints him in a whole new light. ghost of watchman harper lee's much a it waited sequel to kill a mocking bird will hit store shelves at midnight. books still boxed have arrived and mocking bird fans are counting the minutes. >> story is culturally relevant into where we are today. >> i'm trying to go into the new book with an open mind and realize -- >> big blue marvel bookstore in mt. airy they're holding a viewing of to kill a mocking bird followed by a midnight read a thon. >> it's the literary event of my lifetime. >> many crypt lit 10 by lee has been waiting 50 years for publishing. it's already gained national attention after a chapter was released in which scout the now grown up jean lou weiss finds her fa

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