german writer guenter grass.elcome to our viewers on public television and in america. eyewitnesses in northern nigeria tell the bbc that some of the schoolgirls kidnapped by islamist militants a year ago have been seen. the adoption of the girls sparked a global outcry to bring back our girls. little has been known about their whereabouts. eyewitnesses along the northern part of the country say they seen the girls. reporter: they marched across the capital in silence, refusing to forget that the 219 students still being held. this is all we have seen from the girls in the year since they were taken from their school dormitory that night. even today the danger of a boko haram attack remains. the entire community has been traumatized by the abductions. the past year has been agony as she waits news for her youngest daughter. >> i know she is alive and i will see her. sometimes i go inside and arrange her clothes, believing god will bring her back to me. >> her younger sister struggles every day with her loss. >> i

and, the nobel prize-winning german novelist guenter grass died today.ed germans to face their nazi past, but later, had to admit his own. jon snow of independent television news has this report on his life and work. >> reporter: one of the most venerated but controversial literary figures, guenter grass, in his work and in his life, always chose to take a stand on moral, political and social issues. for many, he gave a voice to the generation that came of age in nazi germany, driving them to confront the horrors of their history. his first novel was "the tin drum." it's partly based on his own beginnings. he grew up in the free city of danzig, now godansk. it is a story that takes place in the first half of the 20th century, under the rise of the nazis, through the life of a boy who refuses to grow up. critics applauded grass's magical realist style. and 40 years later, it won him the nobel prize for literature, hailed as one of the enduring works of the 20th century. he was praised for embracing the victims, losers and lies that people wanted to forget

tributes are pouring in online for guenter grass. he died at the age of 82347 germany.blished the anti-nazi novel "the tin drum" in 1959 and won the nobel prize for literature for portraying "the forgotten face of history." this is what's trending on facebook right now. ryan reynolds was involved in a car accident in a parking lot of a vancouver hotel and police are investigating this as a hit-and-run situation. reynolds is okay he is currently filming "dead pool," a marvel comic book movie being released in 2016. speaking of marvel we are getting our first look at its new movie called "the ant man." this the teaser trailer for the movie. ant man is a founding member of the avengers and he apparently has the ability toll shrink in scale but increase in strength like an ant. this is master spy scott lang and ant-man is being portrayed by none >>> gas prices are going back down. analyst trilby lundberg says prices have fallen about five cents a gallon in the last three weeks. the national average is now $2.39 a gallon according to aaa. in our area the average is $2.20, $2