gavin smith was a larger than life kind of guy who lived life to the fullest. he was not the type that fled quietly into the night. so when he suddenly left without a trace, gavin's life was wondering why his wife lisa wasn't doing more to find him. the years would force lisa to reveal and uncover painful secrets about her husband and their marriage. here's keith morrison with dark valley. >> reporter: there is a kind of peace here, here in her own chosen exile the vast pacific for company. how else to live with what's impoble to understand? or forget? what began that sunny afternoon, far away in southern california san fernando valley, early may, 2012. >> something was really wrong, but a lot were wrong than i could imagine. >> reporter: it was the boy who knew at first, knew something was wrong. his dad was supposed to take him to school that morning. but after school -- >> i was to go to school and pick him up after basketball practice. when i showed up, he said, daddy didn't pick me up this morning. i said, what? he said, daddy didn't pick me up this morning

smith, bbc news. now on bbc news, it is talking books. hello, and welcome to talking books, with me, gavin esler.on where it's no exaggeration to say, some 30 years ago, the food was pretty terrible. nowadays, it's home to plenty of michelin starred restaurants. one of those responsible for this transformation is the restauranteur and author, rick stein. i'm going to meet him to find out how his love of simple ingredients and travel informs his writing and his cooking. in restaurant kitchens, everything's all prepped up before you start. this is a way of cooking fish which i really like, which is actually cooking it under the salamander. it's quite a sort of pure way of cooking. so there we go. rick stein, hello and welcome. you have, as i say, written a lot of books. do you find the act of writing quite difficult? because you did at first, didn't you, the very first one you did? yeah, my very first book was called english seafood cookery and i called myself richard stein, because "rick" sounded a bit racy, a bit american. was it difficult to write that one? yes, it was, because now i have people

ll talk to gavin lee, who is in luxembourg, where european ministers have been meeting ahead of this week‘s european summit in brussels. but, first, our assistant political editor norman smiths hard to keep up, frankly, norman. well, this was built almost asa norman. well, this was built almost as a moment of truth for mrs may, with some leading brexiteers pretty much calling on disgruntled cabinet ministers to rise up in revolt, to save up with your cheque is planning, we will not put, but after three hours of cabinet, they all emerged pretty much have the same time —— chequers plan. no one stormed off red—faced at a stroke, no one announced her resignation, no one ran up no one announced her resignation, no one ran up to the cameras to castigate mrs may and the reason i think it‘s because the prime minister did not today confront them with the sort of hard choices they may have to make about any final brexit deal. and, as she has done so often throughout the whole brexit process , often throughout the whole brexit process, when confronted with a looming crisis, has opted for delay. she has sort of taken the ball into the corner flag to just play through bit of time. and t

gavin newsom, it happened on your watch. so, yeah. it is time for a change. time for someone new. >> shannon: tonight marks the 73rd annual al smithner, an event known for lighthearted humor from the nation's political leaders, and tonight, keynote speaker is outgoing u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley. david lee miller is in new york tonight to tell us how the ambassador did. good evening, david lee. >> hi they are, shannon peered as mentioned, nikki haley is going to be stepping down by years and, and tonight at the al smith dinner, arguably, she had a test run as a stand-up comic. listen for yourself and decide, should she quit her day job? >> everyone in washington called me with advice about the speech. they all said the same thing. do not under any circumstances make any jokes about the president. so good night, everybody, . actually, the president called me this morning and gave me some really good advice. he said if i get stuck for laughs, just brag about his accomplishments. it really killed at the u.n., i've got to tell you. last year you went with paul ryan, who is a boy scout, and that is fine, but a little borin