john grisham spent years trying to unwrap the mystery of his elegy to meet. he recently turned his elegy very likely came from a tick bite he received on his plantation. it is a delayed reaction that made it so difficult for doctors to crack the code. >> you do not get hides for hours. you have no idea how strange that is to us. >> it sounds crazy. i have never heard of analogy from a tech. >> researchers continue to study ticket, they are asking people to keep a close eye out for those insects. >> the chairman of the fcc wants to take a closer look at the mobile phone commission standards created and what the standards should be different for children using cell phones. right now it's still believes there is no evidence linking -- linking cancer 2 cellphone usage. two television networks had victories following a ruling on indecency television. the fcc went too far for finding network some of the nudity and profanity. cbs was fine for the genentech's and super bowl incident. it was also based on a share and nicole ricci and nypd blue. >> it is not so [beep]

>> it takes several miracles for a book to become a movie unless the author is steven kane or john grisham. ernest hemingway, most of his books were made into movies and apparently he hated every one. but he despised that world so formulated hemingway's rules for dealing with hollywood. you take a manuscript of your book then put it in the trunk of your car. drive to the california state line and stop and take the manuscript of the trump and make them throw the money across first of five then you hurled the manuscript and drive east. it is said could rule but 445? let sure these the rhone is officially attached to of florence -- lawrence of arabia. sheet is attached to the project. what does that mean? they have stapled her to the script? [laughter] and you will have noticed that her latest movie was not this one. [laughter] the answer is, i don't know. but to say i have nothing for you on that at this time. >> once you start hardie you discipline yourself and what is your day like? [laughter] soleil people say you write funny books do you laugh? >> some they once asked of anthony, who was

neither did 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 endi

any, it takes several miracles for a book to become a movie unless the author is stephen king or john grisham. ernest hemingway, most of his books were made into movies, and he apparently hated them, although i thought ingrid bergman and gary cooper looked pretty good in that one. he absolutely despised that way, so he formulated hemingway's rules for writers when dealing with hollywood, and it goes like this: you take the manuscript of your book, and you put it in the trunk of your car, and you drive up to the california state line, and you stop this side of the california state line, you take your manuscript out of the trunk, you make them throw the money across first. [laughter] and then you hurl your manuscript at them and drive back east. [laughter] and it's, it's probably a pretty good rule. but i think four or five of them are -- three years ago my agent called me a great state of excitement, and she said, are you sitting down? i said, well, yes. yes, i am sitting down. she said, i've got the most amazing news. i said, yeah? she said, charlize theron is officially attached to florence

. >> john grisham tried to find the reasons of his allergies.ound out it very likely could have been a tick bite. is making it so difficult for them. >> you do not get beehives until four hours later. you have no idea how strange that is for us as allergists. said never heard of an allergy from a tick. it's scary. >> they continue to study the blanket, so they are urging to keep an actor close eye out for those tiny insects. abc 7 news. >> 7 is on your side in a trend on what drugs are being prescribed to children. it according to the study prescription antibiotic drugs declined by 14%. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medications increased by almost 50%. the reason? increased diagnosis and better treatment. >> anyone who has been to a hockey game knows that fights are a part of the game. that did not sit well with one massachusetts mother when the referee is did not stop a fight. that's gina o'toole yelling at the refs to get the players under control. they had blown their whistles. they did not step in and break up the fight in time so

regulations, if you can get rid of those people, as people have done, there have been fascinating john grisham cases, specifically investing in judicial races -- >> like our old friend, bob "swift boat" perry has given money to every member of the texas supreme court -- >> in their race for office? >> uh-huh. which ruled in his favor regarding a lawsuit involving the sort of quality and conditions of -- he makes his money being a mass of the biggest home builder in america and people suing him for having shoddy construction, you know, they ruled in his favor. it's impossible to say that they wouldn't have otherwise, but here's the thing, the appearance of corruption is almost as bad as actual corruption because it just makes people think that they have no stake in their government. >> i agree with you about the appearance of corruption and that was the main argument when i was young in journalism. but the fact of the matter it seems to me, as a journalist today, it's the actual corruption, the payback in which the donor gets favorable regulations or favorable judicial decision, that's corrupti

regulations, if you can get rid of those people, as people have done, there have been fascinating john grisham cases, specifically investing in judicial races -- >> like our old friend, bob "swift boat" perry has given money to every member of the texas supreme court -- >> in their race for office? >> uh-huh. which ruled in his favor regarding a lawsuit involving the sort of quality and conditions of -- he makes his money being a mass of the biggest home builder in america and people suing him for having shoddy construction, you know, they ruled in his favor. it's impossible to say that they wouldn't have otherwise, but here's the thing, the appearance of corruption is almost as bad as actual corruption because it just makes people think that they have no stake in their government. >> i agree with you about the appearance of corruption and that was the main argument when i was young in journalism. but the fact of the matter it seems to me, as a journalist today, it's the actual corruption, the payback in which the donor gets favorable regulations or favorable judicial decision, that's corrupti

whether it's in novel form finish ask john grisham -- or in movie form or in nonfiction. why are novels, excuse me, why are trials such an attractive form for the reader? i'm not sure for the ready, i'll tell you why they're an attractive form for the author. because in the first place trials have dialogue, and this is something that you don't find a lot of in nonfiction. and this is one of the appeals of novels. people talk to each other back and forth. it's rare that you find a work of nonfiction where you get much in the way of dialogue unless it's writing about a trial. because in a trial you get dialogue. furthermore, unlike the ordinary conversation of you and me where you wander around the topic and do this and that and start over and all this, in trials the conversation, the dialogue always has a point, and there's a built-in conflict, there's a protagonist and an antagonist, and there's a resolution. there's either a conviction or an acquittal. so large part of my story is this treason trial. and i get to weave in not only aaron burr, but thomas jefferson who was

john grisham, other big name authors like james patterson.is sup a phenomenon. >> it's a stroke of luck and timing. 15 years ago this wasn't part of the formula. today a lot of publishers or maybe a.m. zop would be a lot safier about how they negotiated those rights. >> now if you're a publisher, you buy just the rights and all rights. back then it wasn't such a big issue. >> is that a litmus test? >> it could be. she has broken amazon but it's not so far broken. apple wants to sign an agency agreement which brings with it all sorts of legal issues as i'm sure you're aware. >> how important has the harry potter franchise been? >> massive. it's grown and encouraged younger people to read. >> i think it's encouraged older people to read frankly. >> and it's shown publishing can be front and center of the media industries. for a long time the harry potter book for childrens and teenagers and adults. that is the place to be. >> michael? >> you hit on a great point because my kids loved the harry potter series and they started reading them when th