a very underrated writer called m john harrison, who thinks very carefully about form.ison once said in an interview that always think of what it is that a genre cannot do, and then push it in that direction. i think it's current in my heart, that's a great lesson. and science—fiction writers can imagine things, or they want to imagine things, that others don't. on a cosmic scale, it goes without saying. and that appeals to you, because you seem to believe that the planet would do a lot better without any of us around. yes, this is a central theme of a lot of speculative and science—fiction writers now. saying actually, you know, if you take out the humans as a species, maybe very peacefully and quickly so that there is no pain, i think that the planet would be doing a lot better. it can recover, ifeel. so, when you finished the book, does that mean there was no sense of elation, that you still felt trapped in this veil of tears? well, i don't normally feel elation when i finished the book. i feel bereft. but i felt, you know, the book does not end hopefully. and it end

john harrison oversees the new pretrial services program for passaic county. >> now, if someone fails to appear in the last two years, it goes up. >> reporter: defendants receive two scores, from one to six. >> she results as a five, four. >> reporter: the scores predict the likelihood the defendant will fail to appear and commit new criminal activity. the lower the scores, the better the chance the p.s.a. will recommend the defendant be released. >> all rise. >> reporter: later, when the defendant appears in county court-- in this case, by video from jail-- the judge uses the p.s.a. score to decide how she'll be monitored after release. >> you have to report one time per week to pretrial services. once by... one week by phone, one week in person. >> reporter: if there's a serious crime or a high p.s.a. score, the prosecutor can file a motion to detain. that triggers a second hearing, held within about a week. lawyers present evidence arguing whether the defendant should be jailed or let go. >> there was a pair of silver scissors covered with what appeared to be blood. >> reporter: th

john isner defeated fellow american ryan harrison in straight —— and ben stokes removes south africanlose in on victory in the third test at the oval. the last innings pressure was 450. especially with play like this. we have done very well to get the four wickets, so hopefully we can get these to any moment, and then finish in pretty quickly, if it goes to play. from cricket to tennis, now. john isner defeated fellow american ryan harrison in straight sets to win the atlanta open for the fourth time on sunday. the second—seed has won two straight atp tournaments since bowing out of wimbledon in the second round, and the 7—6, 7—6 victory on sunday will move him up two spots in the world rankings to number 18. harrison was seeking his second career title after winning earlier this season in memphis. leonardo mayer has won the second atp world tour title of his career — and a second german open title. the argentine beat home favourite florian mayer in sunday's final in hamburg. it was a first tour final between two players ranked outside the top 100 since 2013. fabio fognini beat yannic

john: that pitch is so difficult right now. there's not a hitter in the world who can play off it unless they take it by accident. >> joe: second all-star game for josh harrisonat least 20 career starts at five different positions. valuable player for the pirates. here's the 2-1. right by his bat at 99. 2-2. >> john: if there's anybody who can take down mariano rivera as th saves leader, the health of kimbrel on the ability he has to have a high rate of success in save percentage. very well could happen. >> hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it. >> joe: pop up behind the plate out of play. >> john: molina trying to guess and dance and possibly take a bag. closers take a while to get to the plate with their delivery. molina will surprise you every once in a while with the steal. >> joe: you are right, he was over there bouncing around trying to get a feel for kimbrel. not this time. 2-2. one away. strike out by kimbrel of harrison. that will bring in the third baseman who took over midway through the game, jake lamb. he's got 67 rbis. 20 home runs, and he's done almost all his damage against right-handed pitching. >> john: for the most part. the teammates of lamb

harrison's ticket a democrat. a democrat who was very critical of jackson, john tyler, who is a virginia planter. he was a jeffersonian, but thought jackson was to king like -- too king like. they were right. look at that landslide for the whigs. they overwhelmingly win the election. the first time, they control the house, the senate, the presidency. henry clay rubbing his hands. he is ready to go. william henry harrison delivers his inauguration speech. a storm comes through washington, d.c., pouring down rain. during the speech, in that rain, william henry harrison, 68 years old, comes down with pneumonia and dies. now john tyler is president. totally not what we planned. that is ok, we're going to -- tyler is not jackson, at least. we are going to push through a new bill. clay pushes through a new bill for a bank. this time he calls it something different. he calls it the fiscal bank. it flies through the house, it flies through the senate. gets on john tyler's desk. veto. clay can't believe it. all right, we're going to try again. clay pushes through another bill. this time, we won't even cal

john: that pitch is so difficult right now. there's not a hitter in the world who can play off it unless they take it by accident. >> joe: second all-star game for josh harrisonst 20 career starts at five different positions. valuable player for the pirates. here's the 2-1. right by 2-2. >> john: if there's anybody who can take down mariano rivera as the saves leader, the health of kimbrel on the ability he has to have a high rate of success in save percentage. very well could happen. >> hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it. >> joe: pop up behind the plate out of play. >> john: molina trying to guess and dance and possibly take a bag. closers take a while to get to the plate with their delivery. molina will surprise you every once in a while with the >> joe: you are right, he was over there bouncing around trying to get a feel for kimbrel. not this time. 2-2. one away. strike out by kimbrel of harrison. that will bring in the third baseman who took over midway through the game, jake lamb. he's got 67 rbis. 20 home runs, and he's done almost all his damage against right-handed pitching. >> john: for the most part. the teammates of lamb and goldschmidt were one a

william harrison, well to be safe, we're also going to put on harrison's ticket a democrat, a democrat who is very critical of jackson. john tyler, who is a virginia planter, a jeffersonian, but thought jackson again was too king-like. and so we'll throw a democrat on there. that's going to make this a safe, moderate ticket. no problem here. and they were right. look at that landslide for the whigs. whigs overwhelmingly win the election. not only that the whigs for the first time control the house, control the senate, control the presidency. henry clay. rubbing his hand. he ready to go. william henry harrison delivers his inauguration speech. a storm comes through washington, d.c. pouring down rain. during the speech, in that rain, william henry harrison, 68 years old, comes down with pneumonia and dies one month later. unbelievable clay says. now john tyler is president. totally not what we planned, clay says. that's okay. we're going to -- tyler is not jackson at least. jackson is not in office. we're going to push through a new bill for a bank, this time he calls it something different, bank of the united states has bee

john gaso hits a fly ball to shallow center field. odubel herrera makes the catch , adam frazier tags up from third, herrera started the play cut off short, there and they get josh harrisonird but run counts. phillies down one to nothing in the fourth. >>> well, sixers with the day off, game two of the summer league tomorrow begins utah last night number one overall pick markelle fultz played in his first game since february. got high praise from kevin durant who likes his hesitant jump shot. we knew he could score, markelle came first 13 and scored 17 points for six of 16 shooting. he performed well on the defensive side of the ball with three blocks and that 89- 88 loss. markelle says he loves playing defense. >> that is one thing, i love taking down blocks and one thing i'm always going to give it effort. i think that is one thing that goes unnoticed how hardy play on both end. i don't mind where i play he looked good. >> um-hmm, indeed. leslie, thanks very much. >>> coming up next half an hour we will take you to more independent across the nation. >>> desperate parents of the baby boy are seeking treatment in the you had but now they are being blocked now pope franc

john malone and warren buffett. >> they are always going to get -- >> only getting a deal if they think it's a no-brainer for them. >> i think you're right. >> hunter harrison'srmation at csx continues as he's cracking down on letting train engineers and conductors take short naps while the train is stopped he wants to give employees more predictable schedules so they can plan sleep at home better and this has been a standard railroad attractive. >> railroads are a trove of archaic practices. not just naps for people on staff. >> they also do many things. >> all his personal brand of whipping railroads into shape. >> he did it previously, evan, and his whole point if we're doing precision railroading, you're going to get this more scheduled, and just like if you're a pilot. >> as a business matter if he's the ceo, if he thinks it's right. fine as a personal matter, i've been a huge napper and anybody anti-napping i have a huge principled problem against this. it's a genetic thing my daughter is a huge napper i think it runs in the blood. >> if you're not in the next block we'll no why. >> i'm very pro napper >> next, today's overheard item in the "journal. tu