. >> in your mother is julie andrews, but part of the book to you right? >> what part of the book --? >> the right? >> emma is the structure as much as anything and i am i think tell me if i'm wrong i'm more of the flight, i do certainly the image making and the opening, the closing so emma is the big picture and i do -- where do we go from here and she makes me focus on and the shape of the book but the actual sort of images and things are probably my strength and emma is the structure as much as anything. we seem to complement each other, i think we do wonderfully. >> why did you start reading -- writing children's books? >> i started as a complete surprise. i started in answer to a game that i was playing with my children and i had to forfeit, i was the first to lose the game and i said what will it be in my eldest daughter cent, write a story because i used to love to scribble and right things and i really honestly thought that is going to be simple, i can write a small thing like an aesop's fable are some things very short and then i thought, no, this

. >> and your mother is julie andrews, what part of the book do you write. >> part of the... >> what part of the book do you write. >> emma this is structure and i think -- tell me if i'm wrong i'm more the flights of fancy and i do the, certainly the image making, the openings, the closings and emma, the -- >> the picture. >> i do the big picture and emma says, now we must have a finish, this is the end of the first act and makes me focus on the shape of the book. but, the actual sort of images and things, are probably my strength and emma's is the structure as much as anything and we seem to complement each other, at least i think we do, wonderfully. >> i do, too. >> why did you start writing children's books. >> i started as a complete surprise. i started as -- it was in answer to a game that i was playing with my children, and i had to pay a forfeit, i was the first to lose the game and i said, oh, what will my forfeit be and my eldest daughter, jennifer, said, write a story, write us a story, because i used to love to scribble and write things. and i really honestly thought, tha

andrew feinberg . we have been discussing the nomination of julia's chenakowski. -- julius chenakowski. when will the vote happen? >> it could happen before the july 4 recess. it only takes one senator. that has been the plan, at least the committee -- we will have to wait and see. we are still waiting on that. >> you can watch the full hearing if you like on c- span.org. thank you both for being on "the communicator's." >> tomorrow on "washington journal." it look at iran and the health care debate with tony blankley and jon-christopher bua fro "sky news." and later, a look at the cover story in harper's magazine, "barack hoover obama, the best and brightest blow it again." this week on c-span's "newsmakers." pete stark discusses legislation working its way through congress.