you would be at the table with quincy jones and sidney poitier and harry belafonte and harper lee, andh the blind boys of alabama. >> rose: right. so we had an alabama connection. she said, next time i see you, you've got to sing for me. so we made that pilgrimage to harper's for me to sing to her and spend the day. miss alice even showed up. she thought daniel and i were a couple of bible salesmen. man, she was ready to chase us off fist and cane, charlie! >> rose: a day you don't forget. >> neither here nor there. but harper looked at us and the firs thing she said is you two drove here together? we said, yeah. she said, you're staying the night here? i said, no, miss lee, we're driving to birmingham tomorrow to see the sights. she said, you two are driving to birmingham tonight? you two, a black man and a white man? she said, i need you two to be incredibly careful. she says, just because the laws change doesn't mean people change. and she was genuinely concerned. >> rose: thank you for coming here. >> thank you for having me. >> rose: thank you for sing for me and for the show and

i first met miss lee at veronique's home, gregory's wife. harperust rolled in on the train, because she would not fly, she had her bits and pieces -- charlie: long ago when the book came out and the movie was main, their friendship continued into their old age? ben: yes. charlie: in a -- ben: yes, in a beautiful, rare and special way. the way that veronique and harper got on, it was beautiful to watch. the way she got on with the grandkids, harper and ondine, it was something special to see. harper pulls in, and it is a celebration. everyone is around a table like this. veronique would hold these suppers that you couldn't believe it. you would be at the table with spike jones, sydni pontiac, -- sidney poitier. you can't imagine it. i worked with the blind boys of alabama, so we had an obama connection. she said, the next time that i see you, yoou have to sing for me. we made that pilgrimage to alabama for me to sing. miss alice even showed up. she thought we were bible salesman and she was ready to chase us off fist and cane. charlie: [laughter] th

oh, by the way, 1961, the author miss harper lee won the pulitzer prize for fiction. something stranged happened last year. another book about me was published. it was called "go set a watch man." it's about me as a young woman. but it's also about my father a b dicas. you know, adicas finch played in the movie by gregory peck. he was kind, fair, and loving. don't know what happened to him when we get to watch man. feels like someone put some grumpy sauce in his grits. let's for a minute forget about that old adicus and remember the young one. the one who inspired us all. here to bring him back to life for us is patrick mcginnis. it's 1935 remember. you are the jury, ladies and gentlemen. and he's about to give you his closing statement. >> gentlemen, i shall be brief. i'd like to use my remaining time with you to remind you this case is not a difficult one. it requires no minute sifting of complicated facts. but it does require you to be certain beyond all reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the defendant. to begin with, this case should have never come to trial. thi

i was born in monroeville, alabama, where the harper lee lived and wrote to kill a "to kill a mockingbirdworked in 21 at all levels of education at governing board or state university system. my question is related to your work as a scholar at miami university of ohio, having lived and worked in ohio and our paths have crossed. it is good to see you on c-span today. i founded, as you know a non-profit, called the rosetta james foundation and last year i started a organization called the tennessee valley leadership diversity coloquialm. one of the eight topics we discussed is diversity in education. my question is related to your past year at miami university and and some of the most passionate conversations we're having of the eight topics in our leadership coloqialism the current state of racial disharmony in america and the lack of history not only in textbooks but the lack of conversations at the collegiate level or at any level of education and what impact do you plan to make, or how do you see us impacting the current generation of college graduates and future generations of college

down one-zip, bryce harper who was defending trying to get his geth mojo back slams one into thek sn upper deck.e in the bottom of the seventhupon pop fly to the infield. pitcher matt leea is there to make theake save to save the day.ay the very next pitch danny espinosa takes lee deep top to right nats ended the cards two-one. to >> you can put it on the board. >> let's talk about the orioles. they're in houston. hst birds down one. mark trumbo hits a trum bomb. bm orioles pitching couldn't keep up. kevin goss man gave up fourp fo earned runs on three home runs as the orioles lose four too two. >> put it on the board.ut it te >> time for december have ar ve pool party.pool p >> that's right. rig today the city kicks off itsoffi outdoor pool season. d.c. mayor muriel bowser she'sl going to be at the oxon run run outdoor pool to celebrate theebt reopening of a summertimeummeim staple. staple pools will officially open onicp saturday.sa >> as you know summer iss almost here and for thisyo weeke special friday give away, you could win something. >> that's right. how about four tickets to sixkex flags. sounds like a big deal. big dea new flash waterfalls park isark open an