c-span2 and we are the national press club for the annual authors night and we are joined now by michael ward and of the new york times. in the game is his most recent book. if you could summarize this for us. >> this took me three years and it's the first comprehensive history of the war and iraq and i think what makes it unique is i incorporate not only the views of the american policymakers but all of the iraqi leadership from maliki, their rivals, their adversaries, the former insurgents, and so i incorporated the iraqi account of what was going on as well as the american account and what is happening on the battlefield and the war in iraq. i try to put all together in one book. >> why you call it to the endgame? >> because i covered the surge and its the endgame of american military involvement and i spent the last third of the book covers the obama administration that hasn't been well covered by the media and i learned a lot from doing this and during the campaign president obama talked about the gold at the end of the war in iraq and we certainly took down the troops but what i discove

treated for morning sickness this week, had put a call through the ward thinking the caller was the queen. but it was actually michael christian and mel greg, a pair of australian djs famous for hoaxes who placed the call and were gloating about it all week. >> can you believe what's happened today? >> they were the worst accents ever. >> reporter: jacintha saldana was blind sided by the call. >> can i speak to my granddaughter? >> reporter: they were put through to the ward nurse who gave the hoax callers an update on kate's condition. >> she's stable at the moment. >> reporter: the royal family o complaint. the hospital apologizes. the rd . prince charles, kate's father-in-law even joked about it. >> how do you know i'm not a radio station. >> reporter: and the episode, while embarrassing, seemed to be over, until the nurse's body was found. the australian radio station has taken the offending djs off the air and offered condolences. while the police said they can't call it a suicide until after an autopsy, the hospital in its statement said it had been supporting its employee through what it called this difficult

bridge was treated for morning sickness this week had put a call to the ward thinking the caller was the queen, but it was actually michael christian and mel greg, a pair of australian djs famous for hoaxes who placed the call and talked about it all week. >> they were the worst accent ever. >> this nurse was blind sided by the call. >> hello there. can i please speak to kate, please, my granddaughter. >> hold on. >> they were put through to the ward nurse who gave the caller an update. the royal family made no complaint. the hospital apologized. the radio station apologized. prince charles, kate's father- in-law even joked about it. and step sod, while embarrassing seemed to be over until the nurse's body was found. the radio station has now taken the offending station off the air and offer condolences. >> reporter: police have said they can't call this a suicide until after an autopsy. the hospital in its statement said it had been supporting its employee through what it called this difficult time since the hoax. the australian radio station was saying it was the hoax the world was talking about. well, the world is talk

michael? >> gutted. you know, shattered. heart broken. >> the nurse who transferred their call to the ward tuesday was found dead on friday. duke and duchess of cambridge are deeply saddened about her death. >>> some right to work opponents are expected to converge on michigan's capitol today. the protest is expected to swell to thousands tomorrow when the state house and senate will try to hammer out a final version which will make michigan the 24th right to work state. supporters say the legislation will spark economic growth and encourage fairness. opponents say it will lower wages and benefits and hurt the middle class and that strong unions built michigan's middle class. >> so fedex is bracing for the busiest day ever. ever. the company is expecting to handle 19 million packages today. that's 200 packs per second. the internet sales are booming and that is increasing volume by 10% over last year. >> i just ordered a ton last night. >> you're single-handedly responsible -- >> i'll be part of that. get it on time. that's all i say. the daring rescue of an american held in afghanistan comes at a very steep price. we're g