another wonderful mentor, john gardner. when this process ended i said, what am i going to do with my life? he said, well, go reinvent yourself. constantly reinvent yourself. he was just this wonderful man. i decided i wanted to do something that was completely not -- this was it. i said i love -- great respect for government. i just don't want to do it again. it was such a traumatic undertaking. i said, so i spent a year -- john gardner was very wise. he guided me through this year, all kinds of people. ibm in new york where they all wore black. i'd fit in today actually. you'd interview with people and they would say, well, what have you done? what have you done? i'm thinking, wow, gist did something, but it didn't count. i didn't have an accountinging degree or a law degree. but then i got attracted to the movie business. barry diller recruited me because they don't care who you are. sort of you could -- they didn't care where you came from. that's what i loved about the business. it's true, you could work in the mail ro

i had another wonderful mentor named john gardner who was the founder of common cause, and i met him through this process and he was just a wise human being. and when this process ended i said what do i do with my life? you know, i said, you know, do i stay in -- and he's the one who says go reinvent yourself. he's constantly reinvent yourself. just this wonderful man and i decided i wanted to do something that was completely not -- this was it. i said, i love -- i mean, great respect for government, great respect. i just don't want to do it again. it was such a traumatic undertaking. and i said, so, i spent a year, john again john gardner was very wise, and he guided me through this year and i talked to all kinds of people. i went to ibm. up in new york. they all wore black and shoes and -- i fit in today, actually. but you know, and you try to interview with people and they'd say, what have you done? you know? go to a business what have you done? wow, i just did something. but it didn't count. you know, i didn't have an accounting degree or a law degree, but then i got attracted to

i remember reading john gardner many, many years ago, former secretary of what was then health, education and welfare. he had a book called "recovery of confidence." he said something that really stayed with me to this day. he said our institutions have become caught in a savage cross fire between critical lovers and unloving critics. if i look back at the richard nixon experience, the sense of being not a loving critic, but someone who held anger and resentment and hatred for others. and i think that fueled him. i think hatred is a consuming passion. and it ends up destroying the people -- the person who holds it as much as the people against it. there's no way to go back and ask richard nixon what lessons he learned. i had occasion to meet him following the impeachment process. we got along very well. i wish that he had shown the kind of serenity and tranquility that he had after the experience during the time that he was president. i think we would have had a very different result. >> he was going to win in a landslide. why did he hire you? >> well, one thing -- bill, one thing he said

john grisham. earl stanley gardner was writing courtroom drama in the 1930's and 1940's. "anatty of a murder" came out in 1958. first we have "to kill a mockingbird," which most lawyers and most lawyer authors will tell you is kind of the seminal work of why we got interested. and i started writing a novel as i was approaching my 40th birthday. i wrote most of it on a ferry going to and from work every day. it took me three years. and that book became "special circumstances," story of a murder in a big law firm. it came out in 2000 and spent seven weeks on "the new york times"' bestsellers' list. so for those of you who have bought my books, i thank you, because now i don't have to practice law full-time anymore. >> but all kidding aside, you know, i think crime novelists and readers of crime novels whether it's lawyer books or whether it's private detectives or cops, you know, in my world i'm like -- unlike tony's, i can control the outcome. i can get justice in my books because i can fix the ending. and i start -- and most authors do i start with the ending. i know who

john carroll high school. >>> gary giordano suspected in the death of robin gardner is looking to collect. he took out an insurance policy last summer before he and gardner went to aruba. now he's suing the company saying a meetings insurance owes him more than $3 million. gardner who is presumed dead disappeared during their trip. giordano was detained for months after her disappearance but edened have any wrongdoing. for a claim like the this american express says there's at least a one year waiting periods. >>> we're getting flu information from dewey beach. delaware state police want to know if you know this plan. he play know what happened to a woman staying at the atlantic ocean side motel. police were called out shortly before 11:00 this morning when the cleaning ladies entered the room and found the woman dead on the floor. if you know anything about this call delaware crimestoppers the number 1-800. tip 3333. >>> we have one employer day of sailabration events in downtown and tomorrow the ships will leave the harbor. soda dignitaries from three nations gave speeches about the impo

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also, john from the park's alliance, who has been a great story of this site. -- steward of this site. we have a number of staff. the chief gardners of this area have played a significant role. and the supervisor is here. why don't you come up here and make a brief presentation? >> i do not want to take any more time, but in recognition of this dedication and your work, we will keep this mutual garden. i would like to present this commendation to the three of you. this is written in japanese. the council general's office extends its deepest respect for your achievements and contributing to mutual understanding. >> thank you. >> that is not what it says here. [laughter] >> thank you very much. [applause] this is for you. thank you. [applause] >> if you are with me, i wanted to ask for the golden gate park crew is very tight. we have gardners assigned to the concourse area. in the last couple of months, we lost one of our beloved gardner's who loved this place, incredibly special. i would ask that we take a brief moment of silence for carter. thank you. ok. let's plant the tree, shall we? i will do the heavy lifting. [laughter] >> t

gardner and, you know, you got a lot of people saying hey, we don't have any money, it's not just two days. this started on friday. they woke elton john said, you have got to do something, elton? and you say? >> bill, i could think this is cost effective for britain. the official government figure for the cost of the diamond jubilee is $12 million. that's about 18 million u.s. dollars. contrast that with the cost of inauguration ceremony $117 million to the u.s. taxpayer. in return. of course, the royal family does raise a huge amount of money, i think through tourism. the estimates for the amount of money the jubilee has raised for britain in terms of extra tourism cash is about 10 billion pounds that's a huge amount of money. that's quite a saving to the british taxpayer. >> you guys both think that the royal family brings money to britain when all is said and done that it's -- the industry of being the royal family. now, remember, you have got windsor castle. you have all the other lodges all over the place. you have got all of this stuff going on. but you both say this is a profit center. >> it is a -- actually is an industry. the