and that is a social problem, it is obviously a family problem for jean louise finch and her father, it is a political problem and an extremely contemporary problem. >> harp he leeharper lee said, i'm extremely surprised that this is being published at this time. >> her editor said to rewrite it and that's how "to kill a mockingbird" was created david. >> thank you. started out in the 1980s as a nintendo programmer. responsible for the company's rebirth as well as the launch of the wii. sitaro was only 55. he died on saturday. we will see you live for special coverage at 6:00 eastern coverage of scott walker's announcement. be. >> thj. >> this is al jazeera. >> hello, i'm lauren taylor, this is the newshour live from london. coming up. no grexit. alexis tsipras comes back from brussels with a tough package to pass. deal on iran's nuclear program is looking unlikely before tuesday. >>> forced from their

lee's editors encouraged her to transform the story about the adult jean louise finch into one narratede character's younger self, known as "scout". and we're joined now by wayne flint, professor emeritus at auburn university and a close personal friend of harper lee and natasha trethewey, who read and reviewed the new book for "the washington post." newshour viewers will of course remember natasha for the stories she did with us during her tenure as poet laureate. so welcome back, natasha, and let me start with you and ask before we get into larger meanings and readings, were you surprised by what you found? well, i was surprised, jeff. i was surprised by the way that we were getting a different kind of depth of character of atticus than we'd seen before in mockingbird and surprised about what kind of character that was. >> brown: and what did you see? >> well, we get to know him, i think, with more contradictions and complexities which, of course, i think makes him more human to us. we get to see that, even as he is the person that we know from mockingbird who believes in justice for