it's been translated into 40 languages, harper collins will public lee's new book in july. harper lee had this statement in a press release: % in other words the new back was written first, and featured ideas in what is "to kill a mockingbird." i'm joined by charles, an author in his own write. welcome to the programme. announcement? >> i knew about it. in 2004 when i researched harper lee's biography i found correspondence between harper lee and her publicist that there was a manure psychiatrist called "go setter watchman". >> you knew that there was a manuscript, the idea that it would be released, did that surprise you? >> i did. i thought it was an originally effort by a gee going author on the -- beginning author on the way to writing "to kill a mockingbird." as with many, you try, it dies, you take a wrong turp, away it goes. published. >> in preparing your book, you spoke to hundreds of people who know harper lee, knew harper lee herself. >> no, for a reason, alice lee stood between harper and the media hungry world. her sister was provider, financial counsellor, lawy

harper collins says it will publish her new novel in july. >> it was amazing. i was worried it was a host. >> reporter: it will pick up in the 1950s, 20 years after "to kill a mockingbird" left off. she great it before "to kill a mockingbird," but put it aside. in a statement she said: harper collins says lee probably will not do publicity for her book. she rarely speaks to the media. that is one of a few public appearances accepting a presidential medal. she is hoping the book will be a literary event. >> it's like getting a second book of the bible. this is an iconic work much american literature. since it was a lost manuscript. it was nothing we expected to have. >> lee describes it as a pretty decent effort >>> can't wait to read it. i'm antonio mora. for the news any time head to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is next. have a great night. ^ below "inside story" is next. have a great night. have a great night. >>> hello, i'm ray suarez if you're an american of a certain age you remember when people routinely got measles. i had it in elementary school in the

this afternoon, harper collins issued a statement from lee's attorney saying that lee is "happy as hell" to see it hit the stands this summer. that will no doubt sell some books. >> you know it. all right, parenting can be a challenge in this digital age. still ahead, a look at some ways you can help your kids navigate the world on line without actually spying on them. >> and then a little later, you may think they're offering anything but to find out the one thing that starbucks is adding to the menu. >> and a vienna woman is suing her own town. why she says an act of god had nothing to do with >> the town of vienna says it's an act of god. >> but donna brouss says she's not giving up their fight to get them to help pay to some of the damage to her house after a water main break. chris pabst is in vienna with an update on her story. chris? >> leon and alison, the argument here is simple. the town of vienna says if there's a water main break and that causes damage to your personal property, the town is not responsible to reimburse you for those damages. but the woman we spoke to today d

you have an agent who went to harper collins and said in essence have i got a deal for you.ed in the business. so we almost put him to the side. then we look at the lawyer. you have to understand this family. carter is a younger woman who worked for harper lee's sister. harper lee's sister alice, really took care of harper lee throughout her life and carter the lawyer got as i would say, the good housekeeping seal of approval from the sisters. it's carter who is going forward with this case. if you're a nosey neighbor or if you're a really good thinking friend of harper lee's, either side of this. this was a woman who would never want this publicity. she would never have wanted an unedited novel to go forward. so we don't like this. is there a remedy for them? i think that the interesting question about this is there may not be because they're not heirs to a fortune of harper lee's to go to the courthouse and get a remedy. >> in terms of her medical status, she's blind, deaf, wheelchair bound and living in an assisted center. we so badly would have wanted another book. it's

i don't know what >>> the new this is week that harper collins will be publishing a second novel by "r harper lee is being groateeted with enthusiasm. the book is already number one on amazon's best seller list. did harper lee really give consent after more than half a century of spurning opportunities to publish a second book? the harper lee who has been for decades afraid her second effort would never match expectations doesn't seem to mesh with the one who appeared to say she was happy as h ell about the loom publication. what was a recently discovered manuscript of the follow up to "to kill a mockingbird"le called "set a watchman." lee is described as having trouble seeing and hearing. one friend telling vanity fair in 2013 she's profoundly deaf 95% blind and has a very poor memory. joining me now to talk about it is a publishing reporter for the new york times. wayne flint is a retired history professor and a life long friend of harper lee from her hometown of monroeville, alabama. he joins us from montgomery. let me start with you. first of all, have you spoken with harper lee t

but her book agent at harper-collins says she didn't hear about the manuscript till this week and manyre wondering if lee ever wanted this published. so a lot of speculation. among the speculation throughout the years many believe that the reason that lee only published one book was because the success of "mockingbird" so overwhelming she felt anything she ever did would never quite measure up. >> she talked about that a lot. >> she did talk about that so you do have to wonder. i've always wondered. you have a daughter named harper named after the author. >> sort of. ali -- harper came to her in a dream. she woke up that morning and said i think her name is harper and i thought of harper lee so i said great, and that was it. >> and the rest as they say is history. >> is history. >> i love how we learn nuggets about one another every morning. >>> now to the new round of snow and let's -- first of all, ginger on her way back from iceland. >> those images yesterday. my jaw was on the ground. good to have her back tomorrow. first, wisconsin just north of milwaukee. these are the imimages c