ms. mitchell. >> hey, julie. >> we should go. >> oh, really? it just got interesting.topher ellingham. delighted to meet you. >> julie mitchell. i don't think anyone's ever kissed my hand before. >> oh. careful now, doc. she's spoken for. >> i'm sure she is. look, why don't you two join us in-- >> oh, no, mark--mark-- >> oh, i thought the doc was probably going to-- >> oh, now, now, now--come on. huh, huh. i need to get to know my son's circle of friends, hmm? please. >> thank you. >> i'll get some menus. >> still, what entertaining. >> i'm glad you enjoyed yourself. >> he possesses a wonderful naivety, your chum. >> yeah. >> he'll have his work cut out, though. >> what do you mean? >> well, the only way he's going to keep her is if he locks her up in a cell. mind you, you'd have to drug them to keep them, hmm? like two peas in a pod, you two. [christopher chuckles] >> dad--dad-- what is the matter with mom? >> she's tired. >> oh, right, she's so tired she can't speak? >> that's right. got a decent malt? >> yes, i have. >> what are you doing in this place? >> what? it'

ms. mitchell -- >> oh, my gosh. >> and thank you for a wonderful interview v. thank you. >> mr. hosseini, thank you for coming to washington. >> my pleasure. >> i'm sure i speak for many people about feeling a sense of sadness when i finish a book of yours. when you read a really, really good book, you're sad when it comes to an end, so i can't wait to read one. i wanted to ask you about your characters. what happens to them when you are finished writing a book? do they living with you? -- continue living with you? or do you set them free and let them live their lives independently? >> no, i did -- they live with me up until the time that i'm done. by which i mean when i've written the final draft and we're done editing. so long as i'm actually even changing commas and working on -- they're with me. and by with me, not just when i'm writing, they're with me when i'm taking my son to his guitar lesson, they're with me when i'm waiting for my daughter to be finished swimming. they're constantly -- they live with me. and so they become very real to me, they become like real people,

ms. jacobsen. dr. mitchell. >> thank you for inviting me to discuss the changing face of retirement security of america. my name is olivia mitchell and i'm a professor at the wharton school and wrecked of the pension research council. as a researcher and a baby boomer i commend you for bringing up this important issue. i believe like many here that this is a very challenging time to be reaching retirement age. 30 years ago my parents retired. at that time they had a secure lifetime pension a generous retiring radical plan. interest rates were high enough to secure them a steady income without spending down their nest egg too quickly. they also have inflation lifetime benefits from social security and medicare and they hope that death. moreover they had four children they had sent to college who were always ready to help them out. by contrast we boomers face a very different future. we worry the social security and medicare as well as the disability insurance system are fragile. few of us have retiree medical co