james patterson, it has been great to talk to you. thank you so much.tches around the south—east. we still have fog towards the south—east of england, further north there is sunshine. there are four or five different types of weather in today's the picture. let us look at some of the fog in staffordshire, this is the warning issued earlierfor the fog. still some concerns around. through the night ahead, the concern is for more fog. it is quite widespread. east anglia, south—east england, the south—west of england, those errors will find the fog returning quite quickly this evening. if it goes away, some places will hold onto it and be called for much of the day. further north, we got some sunshine east of the pennines and south—eastern parts of scotland. more limited than yesterday across northern ireland and scotland, heavy rain across the highlands. it is just going to sit there, that rain. driven on by a strong, even gale force wind, in exposed areas. it will just keep force wind, in exposed areas. it willjust keep raining. through today, tonight and

that isn't enough for james patterson, he now wants an even bigger audience by selling books to peopleshots? hopefully a revolution in reading and the way we look at books, at the least an evolution, under 150 pages, relatively inexpensive and hopefully impossible to put down. it is one of my regular books except at 145 pages, very tight. you can get on the train, go to work, go home and you have read one, you have accomplished something which is cool. the slogan is "all thriller, no filler." is that what makes you think someone will pick up one of these rather than a magazine or go online? books are like reading a movie. there is no fat. it is all story, hopefully with good characters. if you like alex cross, here is an alex cross you have not read before but it happens so quickly. in england we will start with six, it is a category, and alex cross, a zoo, one about the royals which is kind of fun, one about a big heist, a diamond heist. recently i was interviewed in my office, and i pulled out these eight very deep drawers and i have 107 of these bookshots that are eitherfinished now

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welcome, james patterson. what book shops?st they will be a revolution they are under 150 pages, relatively inexpensive and hopefully impossible to put down. it is like one of my regular books except at 145 pages, very tired. with the book shot, you can go to work, get on the train and you've read one, so you can accomplish something. so the slogan is all villanova thriller. —— all filler no thriller. there is no fact, just all story. hopefully you will have good characters. but it just hopefully you will have good characters. but itjust happens so quickly. in england, we are going to start with six of them, so it's kind ofa start with six of them, so it's kind of a category. there's one about the royals, which is kind of fun. there's one about a diamond heist. recently, i was interviewed in my office and then pulled out these eight very deep drawers and i have 107 of these book shots that are either finished 107 of these book shots that are eitherfinished or in process. another 107, i would say 80 of those stories i created,

ifjames if james patterson is ifjames patterson is one if james patterson is one of the year ‘s biggestut that's not enough forjames patterson. he once had bigger audience, selling books to people who he thinks have abandoned reading and his solution is called book shops. is called book shots. so, welcome, james. what are book shots? they are under 150 pages, relatively inexpensive and hopefully impossible to put down. it's like a regular book except at 150 pages. with one of these, you can get on a train, get home and you've read one, which you've accomplished something which you've accomplished something which is critical. see the slogan is, all very last, no filler, so what will make somebody buy one of these? book shots is like leading -- reading a movie. so if you like alex cross, then his one you haven't read before but it will happen so quickly. in england, we are going to start with six. there one about the royals, which is kind of fun. there's one about a diamond heist. i pulled out these eight very deep drawers, and i have 107 of these look shots, that are either finished oi’

and bill o'reilly is on the phone. >> what is it like working with james patterson?mperamental. [ laughter ] . >> you know. >> it's been a blast. >> this is a fairly simple book, steve. i could work with you on that. we wanted to get a message across to children ages 3 to 6 that being polite was a good thing, so you don't get more simple than that and we put together this book with illustrations. it's a beautiful book. >> it's a picture book. >> when i was flipping through it, i was so impressed because every picture has a different illustrator. every page. >> it does. the first one it's a little three or four-year-old holding a dog bigger than he is, very norman rockwell kind of thing. he says can i keep him, please? the kids are going to learn to say please. >> give please a chance. >> bill, what has happened to -- so many people don't say please or thank you anymore. what happened? >> you know, it's a society that's self-absorbed now and we have a sense of entitlement and then patterson and i are trying to get that out of the normalcy and the way to do that is to

james patterson, taylor swift or lebron james? >> taylor swift. >> she says -- she gets $100! is one of the hardest working people in the industry. >> she is. >> $170 million. >> kathie lee, i thought it would be you, though. >> oh, honey. i'm not kelly ripa. okay, hoda, go ahead? >> your name, michelle? >> that's your husband? >> yes. >> your husband's birthday. rodney's birthday. give him money for his birthday. became engaged on "the bachelor." don't know. tuned out. what is the name of her spin-off series? ben and lauren take new york, ben and lauren happily ever after or ben and still here? >> happily ever after. yes! yes! >> all right. yes. that whole series, as you know, is not my favorite thing. >> not your fave rhorite thing. >> i wish everybody all the best in the world but it's hard to watch. >> put a question mark in the beginning. rightly so. >> happy holidays. thank you, everybody, over there. >>> don't pop the champaign just yet. madeleine will get you thinking about all the extra calories you'll be drinking on new year's eve, after this. they don't seem to be h

bill o'reilly appears again on the list with james patterson for their children's book, give peace a chance and heisman trophy winner timtebow recalls his collegiate and professional football career in his book shaken . our look at the best-selling books according to the conservative book club continues with uss arizona survival donald stratton's first-hand account of the pearl harbor attack in all the gallant men. he recently spoke with mister stratton and you can watch the interview online at booktv.org. also on the list, rush limbaugh's young adult title rush revere and the presidency and brian jill need and don yeager's history of the barbary wars. thomas jefferson and the tripoli irony and wrapping up the conservative book club bestsellers is president-elect donald trumps the art of the deal, first published in 1987, plus a collection of the late william f buckley's essays by fox news chief washington correspondent james rosen. many of these authors have or will be appearing on book tv. watch them on our website, booktv.org. >> let's talk about news in the book. and it's not wit

also the terrific kids book, give please a chance written by james patterson.llent christmas gift. now the mail. i'm involved in the refugee ministry. i believe god has given america a choice, it can either be a place of healing or turn a blind eye to the crisis before us. i respect your theory, pat. but this country cannot save all the suffering folks. we should do what we can without harming our own nation. that is a goal congress should embrace. marshall black, lewiston, idaho, the solution to illegal immigration is to find anyone who hires them $10,000. so what about the phony credentials that the folks present? is the employer responsible for that deceit? i believe in punishing the guilty but it's not that easy to find out. it's murky. lori malary-eckhart, chico, california. o'reilly, i just happened to be stuffing christmas cards when you announced your tip that cards should be personal. now i have to take each one out and write a note. great. you'll be a better woman for it. i disagree with o'reilly's tip of the day. i appreciate all christmas cards i re

james mcmullen and steve patterson with me. james, we have gotten an unidate from officials in oakland, but the investigate. we know that the manager of the warehouse is very angry, defensive, and upset today. where do you think the investigation goes from here? >> the investigation needs to proceed according to plan, in a slow and methodical way, in continuing to sift through the debris and preserve the scene for both body recovery as well as preservation of evidence to determine the exact point of origin and then the fire cause. >> steve, you're on the ground there. we know how defensive the manager was. sort of is the rumor mill swirling that these guys could face criminal charges here? >> well, it is possible. >> steve? >> yes. >> i think it's too early to speculate on it. sure, it is possible. one of the things investigators specifically launch by the d.a., what they're doing is first determining whether or not criminal charges -- whether or not there was criminal activity and who should face charges. certainly, we have bee

patterson at lee high university. gentlemen, to both of you, welcome. jamesening to samantha does not sound like somebody speaking on behalf of a country that obstain from the vote. she sounds very much she wishes to vote against that resolution. >> well, i think the abstinence here is a powerful departure from the u.s. has been on this. the un resolution is going to go down as a historic diplomatic moment. as you know, ali, this is a complicated issue. this whole phrase that ambassador powell is using where the obama administration sort of draw the line here. the u.s. could intervene and veto this entire piece of resolution but decided not to do that and in so doing did condemn the sort of sprawling and settlements that we see over there in israel. it is a complicated piece. i am going to defer to john hall and getting insights from where we go from here. it is a departure from where the job has been. >> jonathan, that was remarkably interesting. she argued the case of israelis always arguing with the united states and the whole operation is prejudice agains