women like gloria steinem, who earned our respect by bringing women's equality into the mainstream, or rosa parks, who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white woman. she became a powerful symbol of the civil rights movement. and don't forget candace let mayor, who lost her child to a drunk driver. she joined with other grieving mothers to create one of the most successful grass-roots efforts in american history, mothers against drunk driving. for those of you who did the morning sessions, you have taken a closer look at violence and health-care issues within the context of women around the globe. in the midst of gathering information and listening to some statistics, it is hard sometimes to remember the human aspect of these numbers, the personal stories and someone's word spread that is why for today i decided to tell you the will of my own story. i am one of those statistics. it is my hope by sharing some of my story that it will resonate with you and perhaps _ the simple fact that we are all individuals who have choices to make. each of us can make a choice to stand up and j

not that i would always quote gloria steinem but she says right thing is the only thing i do when i'm doing it i did not feel should be doing something else. i understand that sentiment. when i am writing and researching, i do not feel guilty that i should be mowing the lawn or been cleaning the garage. when i am cleaning the garage, i feel like i should be writing. been interesting. i am not a right turn in your class -- >> interesting. i am not a writer in your class, but i write for a living. >> a marvelous writer. >> you are very kind. i tend to do it quickly. get this thing done. then i am glad i did it. how do you work? >> when you do a book, you have to have a sense of completion. >> two hours a day? >> typically in the morning i would do research. spend it o'clock00 a.m. until 12:00 -- spending at 8:00 a.m. until 12:00, and then my best writing was from noon until about 6:00 p.m. then typically i would print out the drafts and then zorine and i would review them and make edits -- >> your wife? >> yes. take the edits and put it in the manuscript and start the process. >> my wif

. >> reporter: demi moore signed on to play feminist gloria steinem in the upcoming film lovely. it depicts linda lovelace who rose to fame in the movie deep throat. she detailed how lovelace was forced into the industry. >> california's medical board is making dr. conrad murray turn over his medical certificate. murray had his medical license suspected automatically when he was convicted of a felony. the disgraced doctor is serving four years in prison for the death of michael jackson. >>> the new "vanity fair" cover features a ton of star power. a listers daniel craig, george clooney and matt damon pose for photographer anny liebowitz. the trio filled out the post- questionnaire where clooney admits his dog lives better than he does. craig says his least favorite body parts are his knees and matt damon lists his marriage at his greatest achievement. >> came and clooney rank among the top box office draws. the descendants star came in second. damon, fifth. >> you can't start pena first tonight. >> in first place, brad pitt who starred in the movie money ball and the tree of life

she was slated to play feminist, gloria steinem.ica parker is poised to replace her. >>marty: details on the grape opened happened in the broad daylight. rape -- >>isabel: nearly 7:30 this developing story out of the east bay. the murder of a 15 year-old girl. the suspect is believed to be here 19 year-old boyfriend and the father of the 9 month old baby. >>craig: this quiet neighborhood in san leandro is not far from the 880. they are looking for the man who is on the loose. he is 19 year-old henry leon he is the current suspect. her injuries were very bad. some information about his vehicle is a dark blu 24004 cadillac and black rims with most of this neighborhood does not know much about them. they often spoke spanish and kept to themselves. again police are investigating and keep searching for that vehicle. they're hoping for more information. >>isabel: thank you, craig. >>marty: in the east bay oakland police are searching for a man was sexually assaulting a woman and several people watched as she fought him off. this is bennet

we know that men and women are different, which is why we are the feminists and wide gloria steinem hasgiven feminism that bad name. i believe feminists, at least the first generation, brainwashed a whole generation of women into thinking that success meant being an unwoman, a non-woman. basically the more you are like a man, the more successful you would be. ridiculous. i hope you have con to the beginning of the conclusion that some other reasons, some of the ways in which you can celebrate the difference between men and women are reasons for great success and great happiness, not because we are better but because we are not the same. we are working on a book right now to be released next year by elizabeth cantor called the jane austen guide austin guide to happily ever after. and this is a really fun book. in this book elizabeth gives some politically incorrect advice about finding mr. right based on jane austen's heroin and how they pursued love. and she points out that jane austen -- were both more practical and more romantic about love, not to mention highly successful at finding

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she was set to play the feminist icon gloria steinem.ooks like sarah jessica parker will replace her. >> very tough. tanya, thank you. >>> let's turn to ron claiborne with the other headlines this morning. >> good morning, bianna, dan, tanya. >>> another surge in violence in syria. at least 74 people have been killed over the last two days. government forces scaled buildings. a u.n. resolution is being considered calling on the president to transfer power. >>> chrysler will reportedly announce next week it will hire 1600 workers at an illinois plant. it's the beginning of a hiring blitz that will add hours tos of jobs over the next three years. >>> and twitter users are planning a boycott today over the company's new policy that allows them to block tweets on a country by country basis. twitter, which helped spread the word of the arab spring, says it may use the feature to come ply are government requests to sensor some information. >>> and finally, victoria azarenka, she beat maria sharapova this morning to win the australian open. her

she also bowed out of the role of gloria steinem in a film. >>> the raiders have a new man in charge. >> they hired dennis allen their new head coach. he spent the last season as defensive coordinator of the denver bronco coast. the 39-year-old allen who has never been a head coach, any level, high school, jc, college, you name it but he has been an assistant in the nfl since 2002. the raiders haven't had a defensive coach since 1969 when al davis hired john madden and that worked out well. >>> tim lincecum will be staying with the san francisco giants at least for now. they agreed on a two-year contract worth about $40.5 million. he will be a free agent in 2014 when he will only be 29. he is the best pitcher in the national league. >> 29. $40.5million. >> i know. prince fielder got $214 million. >> yup. >> that's about $750,000 per mound. not bad. >>> it's 6:27. coming up, they lost their pay in the state budget battle. how we could end up paying for a state lawmaker lawsuit coming up. >> a lunar new year celebration went wrong in thailand. how a fireworks show turned deadly. >>> con

and so, you know, i think it is true the gloria steinems and the martin luther kings -- the '60s might have been the last generation as we're seeing with occupy wall street that there's not one leader who has emerged and that it's a populist movement. i think that's the times. >> uh-huh. i think we should now turn to our long-suffering audience. i have one joke to tell before you get your questions. i did a book on the stevenson family. there's a lot of witticism of adlai stevenson who was a really funny guy and when it's night and you're talking to a group and you come to the end of what you're going to see, say, finally, to give them some hope. [laughter] >> so get your hands up. i saw some hands, yes. [laughter] >> >> two points, first of all, i'm so grateful for you writing this book 'cause i was at a screening of a documentary of margaret sanger in the past six months. i'm not sure if you're aware of it. >> huh-uh. >> but to use the word situater today was a very important thing and it was a film that emphasized the eugenics in a very negative light and i was very upset about it.

the gloria steinems and martin luther kings and the 60s might have been the last generations as we're seeing with occupy wall street that there's not one leader who emerged and it is a populist movement. that is the times. >> i think we should now turn to our long-suffering audience. i have one joke to tell before we get to your questions. i did a book on the stevens and family. i learned a lot of witticisms from adlai stevenson who was a very funny guy. he always said when it is night and you are talking to a group and you come to the end of what you are going to say, say finally, to give them some hope. [laughter] i saw some hands. [inaudible] >> two points. i am so grateful for you writing this book because i was at a screening of a documentary of margaret sanger in the past six months. not sure if you are aware of it. it is a very important thing. it was a film that emphasized eugenics in a very negative light and i was very upset about it. my question to you is you mentioned her relationship to ethel. i would really like to know if you could correct this. for research i have done

we know that men and women are different, which is why we are the feminists and like gloria steinem was giving feminism a bad day -- bad name. i believe feminists, at least the first generation brainwashed the old generation of women into thinking that success meant being and a moment, not moment. basically the more you're like a man the more successful you be. ridiculous. i hope you have come to at least the beginning of the conclusion. some of the reasons and some of the ways in which you concelebrate the difference between men and women are reasons for great success and great happiness, not because we are better, but because we are not the same. we are working on a book right now to be released next year by elizabeth kantor called the guide to happily ever after. in this book elizabeth gives some very politically incorrect advice about finding mr. right based on jane austen airlifts. how they perceive love. she points out that jane austen's heroines were more practical and more romantic about love, not to mention highly successful at finding true happiness. forgive me in advance for

she was supposed to play gloria steinem, and she's producing other projects as well.will happen with the other projects, but she's definitely not going to be in the lovelace flick. >> i know ashton and demi, looks can be deceiving. we weren't on the other side of the relationship. appearances were they were a happy, loving couple but, alas, perhaps not. the timing of their breakup was pretty stunning to hollywood insiders as it was -- do you think it was a surprise to the general public. you said the two had been living pretty much a nightmare of a marriage. >> they had been living a nightmare. demi has had lots of insecurity and neediness. this led to her partying out of control. in vegas, i know everybody remembers the youtube clip when she was dancing with snoop dogg on stage, and again, two weeks ago she was out with rumer willis and dancing with ryan rodham from 90210. she's been acting erratically. >> you point out that she's stressed and she's partying. to me those are two different things. which is it? >> well, it's both. but she's stressed and she's partying