he's james ellroy. this is "overheard". >> actually there are not two sides to every issue. >> so i guess we can't fire him now. >> i guess we can't fire him now. [ laughter ] >> the night that i win the emmy. >> being on the supreme court was anbable dream. >> it's hard work, and it's controversial. >> without information there is no freedom and it's journalists who provide that information. >> window rolls down, and this guy says, hey, it goes to 11. [ laughter ] [ music playing ] >> james ellroy, welcome. >> good to be here. >> nice to see you again. >> one more time. >> congratulations on the book, it's a great book. do you want to -- touch it and stroke it? [ laughter ] i think this is starting well. i'm curious to know why this particular book, i don't have to ever ask you why l.a. >> right. >> we'll talk about l.a. in a little bit, why this book set as it is in world war ii and why this topic for this novel. >> in profidia, and in the second dahlia quartet, which takes characters from my initial