the tv show was catching up to the end of george r.r. martin's books. e story, but he'd missed all his deadlines. he told the producers how he thought his books would end, but he didn't have all the details. so, for the final seasons, weiss and benioff, who produced the tv series from the beginning, were on their own to decide how the game ends. what is the feeling, as a writer who's dreamed up all these characters, all of a sudden to see it taken in a direction that is not directly of your making? >> martin: dave and dan have done the most popular tv show in the world. i gave my baby out for adaption, and, and she's not my baby anymore. but the books are still my baby. >> cooper: at the end of last season, jon snow and the mother of dragons united with some of the leading families in westeros, to try to stop the advancing army of the dead. but, can humans put aside their differences to save themselves? or will greed, and distrust, be the end of the seven kingdoms? >> i warned you, northerners don't much trust outsiders. >> cooper: we can't tell you how

[ cheers and applause ] you're like george r.r. martin. >> jimmy: what's that? . martin. >> jimmy: thank you so much. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: i take that as a a compliment. because he writes "game of thrones." >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: and yeah, i don't know how i got the energy up. >> steve: right. >> jimmy: i'll tell you how i do it. >> steve: tell me how you did it. >> jimmy: treadmill every day. >> steve: sure. >> jimmy: i went on a very healthy diet. >> steve: vitamins, yeah. >> jimmy: you know, a lot of steamed veggies. >> steve: sure. a lot of omega 3s. >> jimmy: yeah, steamed meats. proteins. >> steve: i love -- you know i love steamed meat. >> jimmy: yeah. oh, yeah. [ laughter ] i do know that about you. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: in fact, that's where we met. at that steamed meat place. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: is that still open? >> steve: no, closed. health department. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. of course. well, anyways. yeah, i got the energy up. and i go, "i got -- i need a a sequel to this one." 'cause you got your "dada." >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: you

. >> this is the last season for the show based on the books of george r.r. martin. so much hype and excitement for this last season sfleep we're getting excited for the holiday we forecast. >> things will turn around just coast. much cooler at the beaches as we saw a shallow marine layer develop. this is a lovely view toward sausalito of the fog rolling in. fast forward to tonight. and watch that will marine layer from our over the bay hills camera. it rapidly deepened. tonight it is 2200 feet deep. that means even inland areas are going to notice that their temperatures are going to be sharply lower than they were today. we got up into the low 80s inland today. not going to happen tomorrow. the forecast for the upcoming weekend, it is going to be a cooler one with morning drizzle for tomorrow. and fog. extra nice on sunday. sunny and milder weather is expected. ce our sfo camera.g to rvices we have low ceilings. tomorrow morning with the low clouds around, you may encounter some delays if you're flying out of sfo. live doppler 7, we do have that deep marine layer i

the series is based on books of george r.r. martin.certain 2011, the same year martin's book was released the show's deadline has passed that book, and a sixth book has not been released yet. martin gave an outline to where the plot was supposed to go before the producers, but the writers are continuing without the books. >>> the guessing game is on in britain as to the name of prince harry and meghan markle's baby. the william hill sports book closed t betting ohe gder a few days ago after an avalanche of bets poured in of people convinced it's a girl. as far as the names go, the favorite is diana, 4/1, victoria, alice, grace and eliz albert, arthur, and james are popular guesses for a boy's name. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," the "property brothers" team up with habitat for humanity to raise awareness about the need for affordable housing. jan crawford visited the brothers. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." burying them in a flowery fog. switch to febreze ai

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there was a "game of thrones" competition and the hbo series is based off of george r.r. martin's >> i wanted to make it look as if my language existed before he ever wrote the books, as if he had taken my language to translate afterwards. >> thanks to his "game of thrones" fame dozens of film and tv creators have approached peterson for new languages. he's riding that wave. what is wrong with our viewers? minute by minute the online poll changes. we're about even split which is how we are with "game of thrones." that's true. more people not watching than they did. >> they said a billion viewers. >> i can't wrap my head around that. >> you and i were two of them. >> hey, you and me. we're in the minority. >>> we're all going to be together in the rain because it moves in towards the afternoon and evening commute. we have you covered. it's a 1 anywhere from a quarter inch to half an inch of rain. this moves in by 1:00. you can see a few areas of green, light showers well into sonoma around santa rosa. the cold front is well offshore and we will be looking at this to move in through

kept up with the show, there's been no avoiding the cultural phenomenon based on the books of george r.r. martinit has giving us the iconic warning, winter is coming, and jaw-drove scenes like the red wedding. at the center of the series is the heroic jon snow, played by kit harington. believe it or not it was the first on-screen role of his career. he's now a star around the world and married to rose leslie, who he met in a fight scene on the show. kit and i got together for a sunday sit-down and a game of pool. >> this is what the segment should be, just this whole gang. >> ooh. >> just quickly, if you could, kit, recap the first seven seasons, just 30 seconds or so. >> okay, so -- [ laughter ] >> i actually tried to do that. there was one king who died. multiple kings fought to disrupt the ultimate king himself, the night king dame and attacked seven king dom which forced the rest of the kings and remaining power imbalances to unite and go against him. >> that was incredible. >> 30 seconds on the nose for "go "game of thrones" start kit harington that took ten years to film. over eight season

the other side of it is you have a book series that's still incomplete by author george r.r. martin. that's created a scenario where you have these rabid fan theories and online speculation, and until these final episodes air, all of it could be true. >> so tell us, you know, those of us that haven't watched it, why is this such an international phenomenon? what is it about this show that is so addictive and mesmerizing? >> well, you just have this rich cast of characters. and no matter who you are, there's someone on the show you can relate to, until they inevitably kill them off, then you have to find someone new to relate to. i think that unpredictability has been incredible for people to watch. because you really don't know what's going to happen next. as i said, even book readers who were the experts for years and years on this show you couldn't tell you anyone who just started watching the show in this final season. >> right, interesting twists of just killing, the deaths of beloved characters. what about what the show has meant for female leads? emilia clarke revered worldwid

. >> stephen: did you have any idea brexit was being written by george r.r. martin?tion but not 100%. i'm not going to say i know everything about politics. >> stephen: sure. now, britain gets a third of its food from the european union. is that going to be an issue? is that going to be a problem? >> there will be tariffs on it. we'll be paying more. >> stephen: right. i managed to smug nel some stuff. let's enjoy these at reasonable prices for the last time, okay? a little french wine. uh-huh. a little wine. there you go. you a catholic, tone gee jewish. >> stephen: jewish. a little polish sausage? >> is it kosher. >> stephen: we could give it a quick bris. is it beef-- it's pork. i think it's pork, tony. i think the odds that it's kosher are slim to none. >> i'm pass on that. >> stephen: do you mind if i? >> go ahead. ( laughter ) ( applause ) tone. >> stephen: tony, this whole thing is mishigas, okay? >> yes. >> stephen: well, that does it for "late show" street show" here in london. in the spirs of brexit, i thoap have three years of agonizing reappraisal of what

based on the books by george r.r. martin. >>> happening today, san francisco chocolate maker dandelion will open its doors to a new mission district factory. the 28,000 square foot space is on 16th street at alabama. there will be a cafe, educational space and a new chocolate salon called bloom. bloom offers breakfast service and afternoon chocolate experiences, including chocolate and ice cream tastings. mayor london breed will be there for a ribbon cutting ceremony. it opens at 8:00. >>> still to come on abc 7 mornings, the severe storm causing flight delays and cancellations across the country. >> plus, pushing for impeachment. the 2020 democratic presidential candidate calling fon the, calling on the house to take action against president trump. >> marshmallow on steroids. it is not easter without peeps. >> and the history behind a classic easter treat. we'll take you inside the place where peeps are born. for unbeatable natnew nice'n easy.or. now in cream. 100% natural looking color. that lasts 8 weeks. gentle on your h

the hbo series with a worldwide cult following is based off of george r.r. martin's best-selling book series. >> i wanted to make it look as if my language existed before he ever wrote the books, as if he had taken my language and use it had to translate into the books afterwards. he was the number one inspiration. >> and listen to this, thanks to his game of throne fame peterson has been approached to create new languages for other tv shows. what a launch pad for him. >> can you imagine telling someone what you do for a live, i create some languages. no big deal. what a skill to have. >> so cool. sometimes weather is its own language. >> oh, yeah, most definitely. we're all getting skilled in that with all the rain we've had this past season. more is on the way. we had a 4.2 earthquake in the geysers area. did you feel it? some reports from folks saying they did feel it. and we are looking at our storm impact scale now. we do have rain on the way, a light system, light to moderate with the breezy winds today. so if you're heading out right now, grab the rain gear th

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it debuted in 2011, there haseen no avoiding the cultural phenomenon based on the books of george r.r. martinas given us the now iconi warning, winter is coming. and jaw dropping sceneshe like t red wedding. at the center of the series is the heroic jon snow, played by kit harington. believe it or not, "game of thrones" was the first on screen role of iingharington's career. now hs a star around the world and married as of last year to rose leslie, who he met in a fight scene on t kit and i got together here inh new york t week for a sunday sit-down and a g >> this whole game. >> oh. >> just quickly, if you could, kit, recap the first seven seasons for me. 30 seconds or so. >> okay. so -- i tried to do that. there was one king. he died. ther was then multiple kings who fought to disrupt that -- the ultimateg k himself. the night king came and attacked some kingdomshich forcedhe rest of those kings and remaining power imbalances to unite and go against him. >> incredible. 30 s for "game of hairington. his character jon snow has gone from the bastard of winter fell -- >> that one is yours, snow

. >> the hbo series with a worldwide cult following is based off of george r.r. martin'slling book series. >> i wanted to make it look as if my language existed before he ever wrote the books, as if he had taken my language and used it to translate this stuff into the books afterwards. >> it's not just a few words, but it's an entire lexicon, entire language with its syntax. >> this is a senior at uc berkeley. she and othertudents watched the season 8 premier with peterson, who often comes to campus to meet with students who he is clearly inspired. >> he put some really high standards for the rest of us. >> he is the only person who can actually make a living from this. you know, just inventing a whole new career pretty much. >> peterson has been approached by dozens of film and tv creators for new languages. he hopes some day to help other linguists enter the creative world. kate larsen, abc7 news. >> you can see the full interview on kate larsen's facebook page at kate abc7. you can find it on the abc7 news facebook page. >>> shock and horror as the world famous notre d

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. >> this is the last season for the show, based on the books by george r.r. martinele and her husband have separated. the singer's publicist announced the news. adele says she and charity entrepreneur simon are committed to raising their son together. he is a co-founder of a company that advocates for access to clean water. the couple started dating in 2011, they have one son together born the following year. >>> happening now, san francisco chocolate maker dandelion has opened its doors to a new factory in the mission. the 28,000 square foot space is on 16th street at alabama. there's a cafe, educational space, and a chocolate salon called bloom. bloom offers breakfast service and afternoon chocolate experiences including chocolate and ice cream tastings. the new factory opened earlier this morning at 8:00. >>> still to come, on abc 7 mornings, the future of the oakland coliseum. the a's president talking about his plans for the site. >> plus, pushing for impeachment. the 2020 democratic presidential candidate calling on the house to take action against president t