at harper's ferry he fails as a man of action, dismally really.but he ultimately triumphs through the power of his words in court and prison. so, you know, he again has this resilience and adaptability right to the end. everything is turned on him, and he's, okay, this is my situation, i'm going to play this hand that's been dealt to me, and he goes to the gallows really almost a christ figure to many in the north. yeah. >> [inaudible] >> the question is what led me to write the book. um, really wasn't any one thing. i wrote a book about a dozen years ago, "confederates in the attic," that was mostly about civil war memory in the south today because i've always been interested in the civil war. while i was researching that book, i went to harper's ferry and, you know, again, it's this very spooky place that still feels haunted by john brown, so i've always been chewing on him. to be honest, it was partly the nagging of my wife. she, geraldine brooks, my wife s a historical novelist and wrote a book called "march" that was a book about imagining th

. >> chas harper is currently serving his fourth prison term. the first three totalled six years for theft and burglary but when he was caught with 114 grams of meth, the judge threw the book at him. >> i was sentenced to 72 years which means i have to do 36. that is 12 years more than a murder. most murderers get 60 years. it's hard for my family to grasp that the amount of time for the charges. i mean, how do you explain to a six-year-old why your dad can't come home and to an 11-year-old you might be a grown man before you see me again on the outside. >> but harper is not without family behind the bars. he shares a cell with his younger half brother. >> we have got in trouble together. if he decided he wanted to do something, i would go behind him and be like, all right. let's go, then. >> keep doing this [ bleep ] be a domestic battery case. i swear to god. >> i got it. >> i will be up for clemency by the time you figure it out. >> carr has been in and out of prison on minor drug charges for ten years. this time he is in for dealing meth. th

what did you learn about harper lee and her reasons? >> well, i was fortunate enough to get great access to two very close friends of her. a new york city couple who gave their friend, harper lee, money. they remain very, very close dear friends to this day. the other person i was also very privileged and fortunate to talk to was alice finch, harper lee's older sister. alice is one of the first women in alabama who was ever admitted to the bar. she -- at 99 she's the oldest practicing attorney in the state. she continues to practice every day, and she hopes to celebrate her 100th birthday in september at her law desk. she was quite a character and told me quite a bit about how the lee girls were raised. and her answer to that question is, she quoted her sister saying, she couldn't top what she had done. she had nowhere to go but down. and i think the combination of this kind of overwhelming thing, the somewhat

the canadian prime minister, stephen harper, in his first question period of the year. opposition leaders challenge prime minister harper on his remarks at the world economic forum on changing the pension plan in canada. other issues discussed were the new crime bill and the economy. this is about 45 minutes. >> mr. speaker, canadians are bracing themselves for the deepest round of cuts since paul martin. cuts to services canadians need like oes. this will hurt seniors for jobs and hurt our communities. when will the prime minister tell canadians the bad news? on his next trip to switzerland or somewhere else in the world? >> well, mr. speaker, of course this government received a mandate to gradually reduce our deficit to zero. well will do that while

hill harper is up next. stay with us. tavis: pleased to have hill harper, the actor continues his role on chris: and is out on -- "csi:ny" . when i first saw this book come across my desk. hill harper is now suesey ormond and writing books about relationships and wealth. until i actually got in the book and i understood why you were compelled to write this. and as a back story to why you are writing the book. >> it's a combination thing. with my foundation, i deal with a lot of young people, old folks, and we talk about what do you want your life to look like? and most of them come back with an excuse centered around money, i would go to school but i don't have the cash, so i wanted to deal into money and wealth. i was in atlanta shooting a movie for "colored girls." and i woke up one morning and i couldn't swallow and i called a doctor in atlanta and we did a biopsy and i was diagnosed with a pretty serious form of thyroid cancer and in the midst of writing this book, it made me take a step back and that's what the title

what about suri or shiloh or harper? hollywood couples like to give unique names to their bundles of joy. how do you feel about them? we'll take a look at an online poll. people feel strongly about these names. >> you have to wonder how the child feels about it later in life. i like blue ivy. let's check the so top stories of the morning from natalie at the news desk. >> good morning, everyone. the marine corps is investigating an inflammatory new video that appears to show four marines urinating on the corpses of taliban fighters. the video is graphic, so we will only show you this still frame with the faces blurred out. and now u.s. military officials have identified the four, saying they are part of a sniper team based in camp lejeune, north carolina and the video is believed to have been shot in afghanistan. officials in the u.s. and afghanistan have condemned the incident. >>> the republican presidential candidates are working overtime in south carolina, hitting the campaign trail nine days ahead of the next primary

. >>> now remarks from canadian prime minister stephen harper on the state of canada's economy. he made these remarks during th davos, switzerland. this is about 25 minutes. >> prime minister harper, it's my great privilege to welcome you back. indeed, i think much to the envy of many leaders here in the audience and elsewhere, you managed actually to increase your standing in parliament, passing from minority to majority government for the next several years. canada is recognized for having navigated the waters of the international financial crisis in a very impressive manner. your own personal leadership in this regard, together with a sound regulatory and business context for which canada is so well-known have served the country very well. prime minister, we look forward to hearing your impressions of the state of the global economy, and in particular, the role and contribution, what many people call the canadian model can make to improve current economic challenges facing much of the industrialized world. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome prime minister harper of canada.

and this is chris harper.at is a guy that has been waiting to hear his name called for a long time this evening. >> gus: the hurry-up offense used by the calts, first down at the 47. klein in trouble. he will run it out of bounds. stop the clock at 2:37. >> gus: what a season it's been for collin klein. named big 12 top all-purpose player. second down and ten at the 47. klein responsible for 69% of k-state's yards this season. running. he is dragged out from behind by alonzo highsmith. highsmith has had a great game as well. >> charles: that is when you know you are starting to add a few to the odometer. played against his father in the sugar bowl, january of 1986. oh, boy. >> gus: third down and 7. at midfield. klein. orve the middle. incompletion. torell miller again. that will bring up fourth down. with 1:46 to go. it looks like kansas state will go for it. >> charles: i don't think they have a lot of choice on this one. i can't wait to see what arkansas decides to do defensively? do they rush three or rush

sadly, that never came. >> i cannot imagine what drove harper to silence. >> thank you. i prefer to pass. >> what did you say? >> well, i have nothing relevant to say concerning the case. however, when i have something relevant to say i shall raise my hand. >> stepped on you. >> serious doubt about your becoming a mother. [laughter]

and this is chris harper.at is a guy that has been waiting to hear his name called for a long time this evening. >> gus: the hurry-up offense used by the calts, first down at the 47. klein in trouble. he will run it out of bounds. stop the clock at 2:37. >> gus: what a season it's been for collin klein. named big 12 top all-purpose player. second down and ten at the 47. klein responsible for 69% of k-state's yards this season. running. he is dragged out from behind by alonzo highsmith. highsmith has had a great game as well. >> charles: that is when you know you are starting to add a few to the odometer. played against his father in the sugar bowl, january of 1986. oh, boy. >> gus: third down and 7. at midfield. klein. orve the middle. incompletion. torell miller again. that will bring up fourth down. with 1:46 to go. it looks like kansas state will go for it. >> charles: i don't think they have a lot of choice on this one. i can't wait to see what arkansas decides to do defensively? do they rush three or rush

and to dig deeper into this i spoke to contributing editor at harper's magazine frederick kauffman. and he is also the author of this book a short history of the american stomach with one sixth of the world's food supply being burned in american cars he explained to me how ethanol is fueling a global food crisis take a listen. well it's more than simply the laws of supply and demand in the sense that when there is demand for ethanol the fields move into production for gas tanks not mouths really all the commodity traders i spoke to last year told me that because of this subsidy and because of this mandate the price for global grain his skyrocketed because of speculation in these markets in other words we're putting tremendous speculative pressure on the global futures prices of grain along with the simple laws of supply and demand and so this is part of what is snowballed into these doubling prices that has really caused the world so much suffering now the hype surrounding at the knowledge that it was supposed to be this there is a green alternative to fossil fuels but how environme

. >> i adopted a cat that's named harper. >> i found harper at my school in a rainstorm.hen we brought harper home and katie first met him and adopted him, she said, now i understand adoption. you can love something this much and not have given birth to them. >> reporter: they shared a picture of katie with one of their cats in a book that they made that tells their family's wonderful story. and then we made a tea toast. and especially to the brand-new star of the family, katie, the one with the sparkling eyes and great big smile. barbara harrison, news 4, for "wednesday's child." >> if you have room in your home and your heart for one of the children featured in our "wednesday's child" segments throughout the past weeks, please call our special adoption hotline. the number is 1-88-to-adopt-me or logon to our home page, nbcwashington.com. and that's where we have more children in need, their stories shared online. >> katie had a big smile, and i noticed chuck has one, too. >> oh, yes. >> yes. >> they're always such great stories and the kids are all so special and fun. go

. >> i adopted a cat named harper. >> i found harper at my school in a rain storm and when we broughtr home and katie first met him and adopted him, she said, now i understand adoption. you can love something this much and not have given birth to them. >> reporter: they shared a picture of katie womb of their cats and a book that they made that tells their family's wonderful story and then we made a tea toast. and especially to the brand new star of the family, katie, the one with the sparkling eyes and great big smile. barbara harrison, news4, for wednesday's child. >> we love that story. >> if you have room in your home and heart for one of the children seen here or any night on wednesday or another child who is weight, please call our special adoption hot line that number is 1-88-to-adopt-me or home page at nbcwashington.com. >>> still ahead, an extremely wet night already it is ahead, doug is back to tell us how much rain we are going to get and when it will come to an end. >>> in sport, he broke a two-month scoring drought with a goal over the weekend and now, joel ward and the c

. >> i adopted a cat that's name is harper. >> i found harper at my school at a rainstorm and when werought harper home and katie first met him and adopted him she said now i understand adoption. you can love something this much and not have -- given birth to them. >> they shared a picture of katie with one of their cats in a book they made that tells their family's wonderful story. and we made a tea toast. especially to the brand-new star of the family, katie. the one with the sparkling eyes and great big smile. if you have room in your home and your heart for one of our other children still waiting, please call our special adoption hotline. the number is 1-88-to-adopt-me or you can logon to our homepage at nbcwashington.com. >>> it is 11:50. meteorologist tom kierein will be back with more on our chance for snow. stay with news4 apple noon long. ellen gets you ready for the golden globes with meryl streep >>> you can run or walk, of course you can take metro or drive, too, to news4's health and fitness expo. two days away now. stop by washington convention center and saturday or sun

harper camp inside mike montgomery's team stied with standard. top of the league.ord against the other newcomer, the utah utes. johnny without a question the best player. coach in the back is all american to duke. turned dwight's power loose and there it is. 68-65. stanford is a winner tonight. next workout will be tomorrow at the park. >> it's been focused. it's been loose. both of those at the same time. please with our preparations and i think our team is -- goes into this game confident and bowls. >> the saints arrived in the bay area tonight. the last coach to lead the 49ers to the post season weighs in. >> if this game were played over there in the superdome it might be a little bit different story. but right now on this grass at sea level with a hupgly crowd, this is going to be anybody's game. i can't wait to watch it. >> all right. the sharks are cruising as a first place flip here. winnipeg first year back since they left in 1986. logan makes a 1-0 san jose and then andrew murray's going to find brad winchester in the 24 saves. sharks win 24-0. tonight as

. >> waddell harper and his cellmate, sakha ren, have created ways to break the monotony with the few sparse items they are allowed in their cramped cell. >> the dice are made from toilet paper. >> roll them up. draw on them. that's basically it, you know what i mean? your mind gets all creative once you're in here. you ain't got nothing else to do. >> and we make dominos out of soap. just different things to occupy your mind. >> shortly after meeting harper and ren, we discover another pair of utah cellmates with their own unique method of passing time. >> my name's tod luck, just one "d," t-o-d, luck if i had any, l-u-c-k. i am eternally here for 1 to 15 robbery. >> steve hightower. i'm here on a parole violation for a dirty ua, dirty urinalysis for using drugs. it's lucky because both of us want to exercise. sometimes you get with a celly that doesn't want to exercise. and it's nice to have somebody that does because then you can use their body weight. >> you want to not look over your back as much and if you're a stick figure and walking in here with some new beef, you know, and y

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and although the dog technically belongs to both harper and his girlfriend jessica, camp still loves the attention on campus. >> actually told my on my visit he was like, yeah, if i don't have frank they don't say hi to me. they are like, where's frank at? that's like franklin. >> reporter: there is one rule camp has for his four-legged best friend. >> no number twos on tv, frank. >> rule number one. definitely. [ laughter ] >>> last night one of high school football's top recruits is taking his talents to alabama but the decision didn't go over well with his mom. >> i got both schools here but i'm going to go [ indiscernible ] >> alabama! gets the number one safety in the country. >> there was not a lot of joy here. can i ask why? >> i feel lsu is a better place for him to be. lsu tigers number one. go tigers. >> where is the support, mom? hello? you know, it's really interesting because he said that he made his decision two years ago. so this shouldn't come as a shock to his mother. >> right. >> but that ought to be pretty interesting in the household on monday night when they play

as she told "harper's bazaar," quote, i would say what scares me is that i'm going to ultimately find out at the end of my life that i'm really not lovable. that i'm not worthy of being loved. that there's something fundamentally wrong with me. >> when she and ashton got together, i thought, this is not a good idea. when people are two different places in their life, it doesn't tend to work out. and she was this was going to be the solution, a younger male. >> reporter: for demi moore, this was surely a cry for help. >> subjects seek the adoration of their fans. because they are insecure and narcissistic, they need to know they're getting that love from the fans. >> reporter: the question is, will she get the answer she's looking for? i'm david wright, for "nightline," in hollywood. >> good luck to her. our thanks to david wright for that. >>> up next, it's the brutal, dirty, long-distance race that's designed to hurt you. but thousands are signing up. ♪ [ male announcer ] how could switchgrass in argentina, change engineering in dubai, aluminum production in south africa, and the aer

harper was finally promoted in 2009 and retired in 2010. he claims he was passed over because of his race and when he file add racial discrimination claim he was passed over in retaliation. he is suing for wages and emotional distress. >> the family of a homeless man who was shot and killed by police is suing the transit agency in civil court. the family tofrn says that police did not need to use fatal force. police shot charles hill after a confrontation after the b.a.r.t. station back in july. this is video of that incident. police say they were forced to shoot hill after he threw a knife at them. the family looking for an unspecified amount of money from b.a.r.t. >> caltrains reached a settlement. duane wild as fired for fabricating data. he also worked on the bay bridge. according to the "sacramento bee" under is is settlement he will be unfired and allowed to resign. this prevents him from filing a wrongful termination suit, also may have spared caltrans from airing dirty laundry in a public hearing. >> 5:09. one east bay city is putti

dr.da harper. >> the two tubes and the normal things to happen the tubes to fuse and break down and form one. what's happened to hazel that never broke down. >> she was 14 and started her menstrual cycle and vary as to which va gina when you come from because when you often late you only often view late from one side. her ovaries and fallopian tubes oath operate. >> she lost her virginity twice and still didn't find out what was going on until late in her teen years when she first was having her first sexual interaction. >> my first serious boyfriend, he said there was something different about me. >> this girl, i feel, is brave to go on a show and talk about this. >> according to hazel she's very comfortable with her body and she and her husband actually visit sex clubs and fetish clubs. >> this is wildly fascinating. >>> starving dinner on a boat. not easy. >> hang on. [ inaudible ]. ♪ [ inaudible ]. >>> beyonce and jay-z have their baby and everybody is trying to figure out what the baby looks like. people can't wait so they're going to a website called morphthing.com. they're taking

prime minister harper has been on the media. he has said that that was not the intention of his government. a very clear statement from him, rather than hiding behind any sort of loophole created in law, he could clearly make a statement saying that this is something that the government has every intention of correcting. >> there has been a price increase in opium. income received by opium farmers in afghanistan rose by 133%. poppy cultivation has increased. >> the united nations says that there has been a dramatic increase in the price and production of afghan opium. the latest report on drugs and crime will make worrying reading. opium farmers in afghanistan probably earned $1.4 billion in 2011. that is equivalent to 9% of afghanistan's gdp. there has been a big increase in opium production. prices began rising in 2010. as a result, higher prices were predicted in 2011. the u.n. says that these have exceeded expectations. farmers say that they want to plant more opium poppies because of the high prices. u.n. officials say the

in this video by "harper's bazaar" magazine, we get an inside look into vera wang's los angeles home,s a clue as to how it helped inspire her black wedding dress collection. ♪ >> my design choices for this house were all about minimalism. >> the whole house has really clean lines. everything is kind of in black and white but has very clean, sharp lines. even the pool and patio furniture. >> the whole entire house is very minimalist. i'm not surprised. that's kind of her style. >> i don't think of excess when i think of vera wang. i just don't no. >> no. it's so simple. >> and expensive. >> yeah. it's as simple as it is expensive. >> right. >> which is excessive. >>> that's it for this edition of "right this minute." we're so glad you joined us and we're going to leave you with one more look at the plaid rap. we'll see you next time, everybody. ♪ plaid ♪ we all stick together ♪ plaid ♪ plaid ♪ plaid moats ♪

that's when harper says enough is enough. he leads the bears with 14 points. cal beats the bucks 57-50. stanford hosting new pack 12 rival, cardinal rolling early. steals the pass, he's cleared for takeoff. utah rallied back. josh used his off the bench for a drear high. stanford wins 68-65. the sharks making their first trip to pin winnipeg. pass it off the boards, and sets up for the goal. number 18 on the year. early in the third, brad winchester benefits the front. 2-10

so if we don't do it early enough for their budget deliberations, the push-back will be "harper's harsher. those are the reasons for doing it now and not later. >> if i may. and i'm glad that we're talking about this now because i'm actually -- have some familiarity with negotiations with the city and the budgeting and i believe that supervisor campos earlier decided intentionally to touch on this issue to kind of give us a signal that the elected officials understood our desire to move this thing forward. i also heard earlier

harper bulldog become a regular at the gym.h mike montgomery has become a fan of franklin and he kicks off the friday night top five. >> i think franklin is an acquired taste. you know, he's funny, because you just laugh at him. he waddles and slobbers. you don't know where to pet him without getting wet and dirty. >> all right, franklin is cute, but he can't do this, the mascot plays a little double or nothing. and number three, aj price gives it to paul george. the pacers win in boston for the first time since 2007. and number two, brown struggles at the free throw line, continues thanks to two lane violations. he missed four in a row. he is shooting 38% for the season. >> and at number one, the pga season begins with tournament of champions. last year's pga winner with the shot of the day. he is two shots back of the leader, jonathan byrd, tiger is not there. it's a tournament of champions, but he is going to play at pebble beach. >> ouch. >> we'll be right back. >>> just talk about the 49ers. no game this weekend, but