he has a new memoir, "m y remarkable journey." >> i may have been everywhere but this is my home. tavis: when you are in my audience or not near me, you are my favorite person in broadcasting. we need more people like you. -- tavis: it is my dream to sit in for larry king. >> you are terrific and this is a great spot for you to be. tavis: i enjoy being here on pbs. i was reading an article and in the article you said that you thought that charlie rose had one of the best jobs on television, and you explain why you felt this way. you think that he has a good on public broadcasting. >> t. has one hour. -- he has one hour. you can choose any guessed that you want, you can do any subject, and there are no commercials. if you interview someone and the basic thing that you like is asking questions, what is the worst thing that can happen? we will be back in 60 seconds. do not forget to watch tomorrow, i will have the wing ding person who jumped off of the alladin corporation -- alladin corporation. you may envy the salary we get. there is a quid pro quo. and you have a tremendous job. i

. >> [inaudible] >> my question is about the new memoir that has been released, and certainly it seems extraordinary, and he has his own version of events he is sharing in his memoir and i wonder if you could comment a little bit about how you might have seen his role at the time or how you might see it now. >> i haven't read the book. when i came out to the states to do the book tour the book was just being released in london. but i have been together interviewed with of the editor of the book. so i was told a little bit about its content. and i think this version was that he was against the troops from moving in, but in the power struggle he lost to the hard-liners which included shopeng who ordered the army to come in and crash the student movements. and that was very much the version that we guest after he was stripped of power. in fact the moment that he came to tiananmen square with a megaphone asking students to leave with tears running down his face. we thought now we have the support of the chinese leadership. we found that this was the moment we would win. the next day he was

now stefanie wilder-taylor takes a look at her own life in her new memoir, "it's not me, it's you" wherefrom her relationship with her father, to the time she accidentally smoked cocaine. okay, stefanie, good to have you back here with us. >> thank you. >> why do you say, it's not me, it's you." >> it's kind of tongue in cheek. >> are you placing the blame on somebody else? >> i think by the time you get to every chapter you realize pretty much it's me. >> it is you. in the last book you wrote about expecting twins, you have twin girls, sadie and maddie now 19 months old. >> yes. >> you also have an older one, as well, who is how old now? >> she's 4 1/2. >> what is it like living with three kids under the age of 5 in your house? >> it's pretty crazy. yeah. i've named my twins, writers and block. because it's really hard to get anything done. >> yet you get a book out every year. >> i don't know. it's like pure adrenaline. you know, sleep deprivation can actually help you be creative. >> at night once they're in bed. the book is a collection of essays all about your life experiences. and

that is exactly what happened to alice eve cohen, who's told her remarkable story in a new memoir calledalice eve cohen is in studio with us this morning. i got this over the weekend and could not put it down. i got to the last pages and had tears in my eyes. it's a remarkable, remarkable story. >> thank you so much. >> your belly starts to grow. what age are you? >> i was 44. >> 44 years old. your belly starts to grow. you have these aches and pains. you go to see the doctor. and the doctor says what? >> well, because i had years before been told that i was inf infertile, incapable of becoming pregnant. >> literally incapable, zero chance? >> i was told i had zero chance, and i was told also to never pursue fertility treatments because, if i were to become pregnant, my small deformed uterus would prevent me ever carrying a baby past six months. so here i was at age 44 having a variety of mysterious ailments, my belly begin to go swell. i went from doctor to doctor. they all told me a variety of things. i was in menopause. i had a bladder disorder. i had what turned out to be 20/20 hinds

new left. and in his memoirs he makes no bones about this, he said it c. wright mills was my image, a combination of james dean and it seemed to be speaking to maine. norman mailer was also -- when he showed up at the chicago demonstrations in 1968 young people cheered him. that was because of advertisements in 1959. he had not written the seventh that he became better to be known for then. so there was definitely these people were a model for what happened later. in in the back there. >> i'm trying to collect my memory is and try and recall what major events happened in 1959. i can think of it 1958, i can think of a 1962, 1958 the change of the new constitution and french republic, and i think in 62 when eisenhower chancellor of germany died in and have been -- germany has paid its dues basically and from now on we're at the ready to take off. but i can't recall and maybe you can what events would make 1959 pivotal would to the world at large. >> well, i have a three page time line at the beginning of the book and you are free to come up and study. i went

was basically the source for the port huron statement which was the manifest for the new left and in haydn's memoirs, he makes no bones about this. he says c. wright mills was a combination of james dean and albert camus and he seemed to be speaking to me and me were was also -- when he showed up at the chicago demonstrations of 1968, the young people cheered him because advertisements for myself in 1959. he hadn't written the stuff that he became better to be known for. so there was the finale these people were modeled for what happened later. in the back. >> i am just trying to collect my memories and try and recall what major events happened in 1959. i can think of 1958. i can think of i think 1962, in france it was the change of the new constitution and republic and i think in 62 when eisenhower chancellor of germany i think it was then it had been okay germany has paid its dues basically and from now on we are pretty to take off. but i can't recall, maybe you can, what evidence would make 1959 a pivotal to the world at large. >> well, i have a three page time line at the beginning of the book t

new york city public schoolteacher. then he wrote "angela's ashes" a memoir of his impoverished childhood in brooklyn and ireland.rned him a pulitzer prize. he was 78 years old. >>> coming up on "america this morning," tom watson was a putt away from an historic british open win but it wasn't to be. your sports coming up next. [ announcer ] you make healthy choices every day-- oh, max! and you want to do the same for your laughab, lovable dog. [ barks ] that's why purina fit & trim is specially formulated... with high-quality protein, including delicious real chicken, to help him maintain lean muscle and a healthy weight, so he can make the most of every day. long live your buddy. long live your dog. purina fit & trim. i felt this deep lingering pain that was a complete mytery to me. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia muscle pain and then he recommnded lyrica., fibromyalgia is thought to be he result of over-active nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is fda-approved to help relieve the unique pain of fibromyalgia. and with less pain, i can do more uring my day. how sweet is that? lyrica is not

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new york city. he was best known for the best-selling memoir "angela's ashes" about his poor childhood in limb rick,reland. he went back to limerick with ed bradley of "60 minutes." >> we were always on the street when doctors came out. we didn't want to go home. and then the mothers would start calling from the doors down here, michael, paddy, mary, come in. come in for your tea. come in for your duck egg. come in for your toast. and then start bragging up and down the lane of what they were serving. and everybody had tea and bread, but they'd start making up sausages. nobody had sausages at that time anyway. and we didn't want to go in because life on this street was so exciting. >> frank mccourt was 78. when morning comes in the middle of the night, [ rooster crow ] it affects your entire day. to get a good night's sleep, try 2-layer ambien cr. the first layer dissolves quickly... to help you fall asleep. and unlike other sleep aids, a second dissolves slowly to help you stay asleep. when taking ambien cr, don't drive or operate machinery. sleepwalking, and eating or driving... while not fully aw

granddaughter of william grimes, present a new edition of the first fugitive slave memoir in american history. william grimes wrote and published his book without any outside assistance and describes his escape from -- >> thank you all for coming and, sharing our ideas with us. when i was first asked to come and talk a little bit and to speak with loch it was very exciting to me. as you can tell a lot of my research does involve neuroscience but a lot involves various spiritual practices meditation, prayer. we've done study on people speaking in tongs and people looking at other practices and running full gamut how all of us in infinite variety of ways can be spiritual and how that effects us. that is very exciting for me here because i know a lot of you have experienced different types of practices. maybe had a different types of religious experiences yourself. so i hope some things we have to share up here, some of the things i may be able to share with you about our work, what loch and i may be able to talk about hopefully open up your minds to some degree and see it from a differe

new york. >> bergdahl deployed to afghanistan in february. >>> irish author frank mccourt passed away today at the age of 78. he is best known for his memoir angela's ashes. mccourt was suffering from meningitis and melanoma. he wrote "angela's ashes" after retiring from 30 years as a new york high school english teacher. >>> pope benedict xvi stood before hundreds this morning blessing them despite a cast on his broken wrist. it was the first public appearance for the pope since he took a fall at the papal vacation home. he thanked well wishers who prayed for his health. >>> north baltimore residents joined in the fight against bone marrow cancer tonight. with just a swab of your cheek like that you can register as a bone marrow donor. that's just what people came out to do tonight at ryan's daughter's restaurant in belvedere. friends are trying to find a donor match. the odds of two people being a bone marrow match is just one in 30,000, so what these folks are doing is really important. a great turnout. >> nice, isn't it. >> amazing. few really. >>> weather-wise, beautiful day, beautiful weekend. it's incredible that this is july, it re

writing the best selling memoir -- best seller and in a new york city hospice. he was recently treated for melanoma. >>> the roof of a stage being built for a madonna concert in france collapsed today killing one worker. six others were injured including two who are in very serious condition. that roof was two thirds complete when it collapsed. the cause is under investigation. the madonna concert scheduled for sunday night has been canceled. >>> some of the top forbes list. star wars creator george lewkis making an estimated $170 million last year. steven spielberg came in second earning $150 million. csi executive producer third with $100 million in earnings. comedian jerry sienfeld and dr. phil round out the top five. >>> harry potter proving to be magic at the box office. second highest wednesday movie debut trailing only last month's transformers, revenge of the fallen. fourth biggest daily gross ever. >>> coming up in 15 minutes at 6:00 p.m. an unexpected apology from a virginia newspaper. >>> also, will dc charter school children have schools to attend in

news." >> coming up later -- >> you did not want to brag about it. you were not proud of it. >>> his memoirsot him fans around the world and some fury in ireland. we will look at his legacy. >>> the royal prerogative is centuries old. what is fascinating queen elizabeth? ♪ >>> there is no doubt that afghanistan and pakistan are at the top of the foreign policy priorities of president obama. there is also no question that india has felt overlooked by white house strategy towards south asia. that is until now. secretary of state hillary clinton has concluded her five- day visit to india. they have signed deals on trade, defense, and nuclear cooperation. there were disagreements on climate change. they believe they can work through the differences. our correspondent is traveling with mrs. clinton. she sends us this report from delhi. >> no matter how she tried to make it about ties, pakistan trapped into that picture. in the interviews, the suspect -- the subject was inescapable. the concern in india had been that washington was putting pressure on them to its moved ties with islamabad despite

it was a memoir of his childhood in ireland. he taught english in new york city high schools for 30 years before launching his literary career. what a second career it was. >>> hanging out in your man cave to watch tv, take a nap. you think that's a good way to relax. well, two guys are accused of doing much more than that, and their cave wasn't even at their house. >>> well, today marks the 40th anniversary of the first apollo moon landing. you probably didn't know that at one point the mission's success rested on the shoulders of a 10-year-old boy. i-reporter greg forest of greenville, south carolina, was living in guam with his family during the apollo 11 moon mission. his father was the director of the tracking station that was critical for communication in those days before satellites. so when a baring on the antenna broke, greg's dad sent for him because his hands were small enough to reach in and grease a bearing. that allowed the nasa team to make the last communication with the astronauts before splashdown. he says it wasn't a life and death si

as a matter of fact, i'm talking about all of this in my new book "i want," which comes out this fall, a recovery memoir i found my real friends were the ones who would confront me and tell me the bad news. my fair weather friends, oh, you don't have a problem. henry david thorough said if you have three really good friends in your life, you're lucky. i don't know if michael jackson had three really good friends. >> he did have doctors around him. ashleigh, five is the number we have now. how many more can there be, doctors associated with michael jackson? who betrayed him, in a sense? >> well, this could go back to 1984, mike, because michael himself admitted that his addiction to painkillers started from that horrible incident during the pepsi commercial filming where his hair caught on fire. and, listen, i have to say here, for so many years, so many people mocked this and made fun of it, but this video that's come out now has shown us just how horrible this actual incident was and how damaging it was to him. so, the painkillers that he needed and was prescribed after that incident, that could have b

that you had in life or do you feel it is the beginning of a new stage in your life you have other books that are not your own personal memoir? >> this was not so much a mission but somehow i was compelled to get it out of me and to write it. i do enjoy and i guess i will find out if i have enough schools for others to enjoy it enough to warrant to me to write something else. i really don't have something in mind but i would rather read about somebody else for sure this next time. there is no sequel. i don't know what it would be. didn't make the movie? we would love that. they ever want to make a beautiful movie think of how nice the background would be. that is streaming at the best. one book that i read that was made into a movie is out in the country? what was that? it into the while. we visited alaska and saw the bus where he died if you saw the movie and it was a great interesting book it was not really his story but a bunch of stories like him searching it was a great movie made by sean penn but it was kind of sad. i think there are stories with better endings i am not sure mine is its but i don't think all movies hav

memoir is going back into print. publisher random house says it will reissue "moonwalk" in october. the newersion will include a fresh introduction by a mystery friend of jackson. the book was originally published in 19988 -- 1988 and sold about 5,000 copies. that is your "moneyscope report." i'm vanita niar. >>> 6:4. we have a rain shower pass -- 6:24. we have a rain shower passing through baltimore county up towards reisterstown. portions of carroll getting clipped as well but at any point throughout the day we have the chance of heavy rain-producing storms with dangerous lightning and thunder. we're expecting temperatures to hold back a little from our previous two-degree guarantee. 82, i'm expecting this afternoon with lows in the low 70s and we'll be very sticky tonight with impossible fog. tomorrow and friday 89 with some showers and thunderstorms likely. and we'll keep that threat of storms pretty much everyday through the weekend and early next week as we'll pull back a little into the middle 80s. >>> 6:25. let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. >> i'm getting word that t

new york city. he is best known for ang had's ashes, a memoir about his impoverished childhood. it bece an infant sfaifert favorite with critics and readers in 1996. >>> several memorialed are now set for tv introduce icon walter cronkite. a larger memorial is expected to be how old in a couple of week at lincoln center in new york. he was 92. >>> coming up next, what gourmet luxury is now affordable because of bad economy. >>> take a look at. this buzz aldrin and neil armstrong with us this morning in the fox 5 studio, pretty much. it is actually their wax figures courtesy of madam tussaud's and they are here to mark the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. what was the first animal se into space in was it a monkey, a dog or was it a rat? think about it. we'll have the answer oming up after the break. coming up after the break. oh, what's this? breakfast. it's kind of early, buddy. you've got to need to take some cholesterol off you. honey, have you been reading the cheerios box again? he got that off the box. (announcer) cheerios is made with 100% natural whole grain oats to

new york. >> tribute to bing paid to a writer who found fame late in life, he was 66 when he completed his memoirs -- pulitzer prize winning author frank mccourt died at 78. his best-selling "angela's ashes" detailed his life. the book also spurred many other people to write what is often been described as missouri. bernard, what do you think made these books so successful? why did they strike a chord? >> first of all come extremes. mccourt himself had been known and irish circuit. he was a character actor, lecture in creative writing. he actually had a fund of memoirs. he and his brother were usually associated with a slightly quirky side of life. people were taken back from that is sheer misery of angeles ashes, and some contended he exaggerated and came over the top. not least over richard harris's original claims that he had given mccourt money to bring back his mother's remains but he had not used as intended. >> there are many people with similar stories. >> partially it was a combination of ireland emerging into a different era, looking to put it behind. limerick, an area that has enormous

news, los angeles. >>> frank mccourt has died. he was born in america but in many ways he was america's irishman which was a good thing because he left us one of the greatest memoirs of all time. >> when i look back on my childhood, i wonder how i survived at all. it was a miserable childhood. a happy childhood is hardly worth your while. worse than a miserable childhood is the miserable irish catholic childhood. >> frank mccourt was born in brooklyn but his irish born parents took the family back to ireland. his father was an abusive drunk and his family lived in a slum infested with vermin and filled with disease. he lost three siblings as a young boy. quit school at 14. somehow made it to a new york on a ship at 19. somehow enrolled at nyu, got his masters at brooklyn college, taught writing at new york state stuyvesant high school. then somehow managed to write about his upbringing in the book that became "angela's ashes." is his grim view of his irish childhood angered those back home. was almost too painful for many of us irish-americans to read and quickly won him the pulitzer prize. other books followed including "teacher man" but frank mccourt had already

the series for him and we are working on a new series now with little girls in mind inspired by my daughter. >> and knees andrews, you have also written a memoir. this is the first half of your life right? >> yes, it goes up to my coming out to the west coast of america for the first time and my first movie. but it is about the first third of my life and it took a long time to do. i would never have done it if she hadn't been so generous with her time to push me and make me do it and help me and so on. >> is there a second half coming out? >> a lot of people are asking that. to be honest with you i don't know at this point. it took a long time to write the first part. maybe one day. >> emma walton hamilton, what i your favorite children's book that you've written? >> that i have written or that i have read? >> either one. >> the book that was for me, for and growing up was phantom jesters the tollbooth, that was my favorite to go to book on rainy days and so forth. and people often ask what is our favorite of the books we have written and it's so hard to answer it's like saying what is your favorite chocolate in a box of chocolates or your fa

that series for him and we're working on a new series now with little girls if mind, inspired by my daughter. >> and ms. andrews, you've also wrist 10 a memoir. >> yes. >> this is the first half of your life basically, right? >> it goes up to my coming out to the west coast of america for the very first time and my first movie, but it's about the first third of my life, you know, and it was -- it took a long time to do. i never would have done it if she hadn't been so generous with her time to push me to do it and make me do it. >> is there the second half or second 3rd coming out? >> a lot of people are asking that. to be honest with you, i don't know at this point. it's taken a long, long time to write the first part, so maybe one day. >> emma walton hamilton, what's your favorite children's book that you've written? >> that i've written or that i've read? >> either one. >> well, the book that was for me, the formative book growing up, was norton justice, that was just my favorite. go back to book on rainy days and so forth. and people often ask us, which is our favorite of the books that we've written and it's so hard to answer. it's like

author of cuba and its music as well as though world that made new orleans and dazzle he was working on that but he also began writing his memoir of writing it that was the before the flood that sells about as he was living in the french quarter and the things that he discovered and the people he encountered especially the musical history which is his forte. it is a beautiful book coming out of august 29 which is the four year anniversary of hurricane katrina. we also have a narrative book written by the author of the cousin of a and it still and he was there and this is his story written for a young and adults so they understand the importance part of that will be coming out later this fall just-in-time for our black history month. boom town is a case study in which wal-mart came into arkansas of the sociological expiration as well as how immigration and it changes within class society have gone through with and how it has broad diversity to the company to 71 more book "nixonland" this is our best seller. he writes and does a lot of do-it-yourself and he is known as macgyver of the founder of mciver 71 to know where he lives,

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it was a memoir of his childhood that he spent in deep poverty and neglect. he passed away in nework at the age of 78. >>> an 11-year-old ohio boy who is too young to work did the only thing he could do to help get some money for his family. he sold his own toys. zack mcgwire recently held a yard sale to help his out of work dad. zack's father says he is overwhelmed. >> i prayed to god, let me win the lottery, as i'm sure a lot of people do. this is better than the lottery. >> some people who heard zack's story have sent in cash donations. what a giving little boy. >>> people chowing down at the wheel caused nearly 80% of all car crashes. that's according to a new study from the national highway traffic safety aadministration. they say eating and drinking obviously distracts you from having quick reaction time. let me give you the most distracting foods and drinks, coffee, soup, hard to eat, ribs and chicken wings at the wheel. >> come on! >> and probably the messiest and you have to have two hands for this is chili dogs. the rest of the list on cnn.com/robin. >> not just a hot do

you feel like this is the beginning of a new stage in your life of writing and you have other stories and books in sight you that are not you're own personal memoirs but that's kind of a lot. >> this wasn't so much a mission, but somehow i was compelled want to get it out of me and right. i would like to write again. i did enjoy yet and i do and i guess i would find out if i had enough skills for others to ensure we enough to want me to find another publisher to write something else i really don't have something in mind right now but i'd rather write about someone else for sure this next time no sequel, no "tahoe boy" ii end of the geezer. [laughter] i don't know what will be. >> when are you going to make a movie? >> the movie, yes. if they ever want to make a beautiful movie with soul tahoen the background, how nice it would be -- that is dreaming at best. people will talk to you with those thoughts. i must say a book i have read and some of you may have read and was a movie produced by sean penn what is it out in the country? what was that? into the wild and we visited alaska and visited the bus where he died if you saw the movie or read the bo

new york. a separate public memorial held at the lincoln center. >>> funeral plans are being planned for irish author frank mccourt. he is best known for pulitzer prized-winning memoirtle with meningitis and emphysema. he was 73 years old. >>> the u.s. military is condemning the taliban video of captured private bowe bergdahl. they state extremist group is exploiting the soldier and in violation of international law. the private disappeared from a military base three weeks ago. in the video he said he is scared and wants to go home. >>> the white house is stepping up its campaign for a new health-care system. it is urging the public not to prejudge the effort until gress writes the final plan. susan roberts reports for wjz that the current proposal is a work in progress. >> reporter: white house is sticking to its august deadline for overhauling the nation's health-care system. >> we can make that. we are working toward that. >> reporter: president obama will step up his campaign this afternoon during a roundtable meeting with health-care providers. he says reform may be the single-most important issue in getting the economy back on track. but republicans argue that

new york's lincoln center for the performing arts. the final resting place will be in a family plot in missouri next to his wife, nancy. >>> and mccourt is best known for his memoirngela's ashes." it was published in 1996, and it became a best-seller. the book earned him the pulitzer prize. >>> and next at 11:30, the latest on the developing story. we are following a missing u.s. soldier now appearing in a video for the taliban. >>> also ahead, bikers on alert, two wheelers are a target for criminals. >>> and plus a story of how a family made it out of this burning car alive. you don't want to miss it. >>> could we be in for an unsettled week? tom has we fios guy! where ya headed? ah, just installed fios in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds. and we're giving them a mini netbook. well, i'm sticking with cable. so's ted. (voice) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (voice) no i'm not! (sighing) ted has betrayed me. (announcer) unlike cable, fios brings 100% fiber optics straight to your home and when you switch now, you can get a free compaq mini netbook. just pay shipping, handling and taxes. with fios, you'll get razor-sharp tv, blazing fas

news to see if it was planned in the shooting. >>> and funeral plans for robert mcnamara. he was defense secretary under presidents kennedy and johnson and helped escalate the involvement in vietnam. in his memoirs in 1995, he admitted that the war in vietnam was a mistake. he was 93 years old. >>> fellow republicans censured south carolina governor mark sanford for secretly leaving the state to meet with his mistress last month. 22 members of the state g.o.p. voted to reprimand him. 10 others voted to ask him to resign. he vows to serve his remaining 18 months in office. >>> al franken will soon be sworn in. it comes after a long court battle over election results. walter mondale is expected to escort him to the capitol. franken gives the democrats a supermajority of 60 votes, allowing them to block any attempt by republicans to stall bills. ♪ >>> taking a look at a live picture of the cemetery in california where the jackson family is finally arriving and where it is said that they will have a private ceremony before they will go to the big ceremony happeningality the staples center at 1:00. >> and we're told that that funeral home or mortuary is the forest lawn cemetery, in the hollywood hill

memoir at age 22. our chief pageant and human spectacle correspondent kent joins will have that story. but first, it's time for a couple of holy mackerel story in today's news. it is back on in iran. despite a ban on public gatherings, hundreds of people marched in the streets of tehran today. a power protest was also planned for this evening. iranians were organizing today to turn off all appliances at a designated time and then switch them back on five minutes later, trying to cause a power surge. there were some unconfirmed reports of power outages in three tehran districts. >>> on friday, of course, much larger protests in the streets coincided with an appearance from iran's reformist former president at official friday prayers. but the turmoil isn't just on the ground and in the streets, it's also, apparently, inside the regime itself. because he's the newly elected president, mahmoud ahmadinejad gets to create his government. he gets to appoint vice presidents and advisers all on his own, without the involvement of the supreme leader, ayatolla khamenei, who is, in theory, above politics. that's in theory, but in practice, the supreme leader is kiboshi

and slaves in new york and here's what one of them -- apart from anything else the story gives us some of the first very articulate voices of african-american self-determination. two memoirs were left behind, won by a man named boston king who am going to read from a second becomes a methodist preacher and the other at famous baptist preacher called david george to both spent time with the british army during the war and left little memoirs later about their experience. here is what boston king says. much of this book actually i hope those of you who migrated or those who have read it will feel it is simply an active ventriloquism by me. it is so moving and demanding of their eloquence and articulation and so important for the way we think of our life in america now. that's all i thought i could do was simply actually give them a voice coming to set them down really. here is boston king. in the spring of 1783, bear in mind new york 1783 the war has vanished. it is chaos in new york. there is still a very large british and defeated garrison 1,018,000 soldiers, considerable british fleet in the harbor. the peace treaty has been negotiated. article seven of the peace treaty

news from 1952 to 1981. we talk with him in 1987 about his career in broadcasting and his recently published memoir.is an hour. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> walter cronkite, had you had your heart operation before this was published, would you have talked about it? was this that they give the deal? >> probably not. particularly if i had the knowledge that people have had that before me. every time this matter comes of it -- when i had mine i, it seem to be as common as the penguins toenails. >> when did you find out you had -- not as common as clipping toenails. >> when did you find out you had a heart problem? >> i felt a very little pressure one morning and call my doctor and report to this. he said there is nothing wrong with your heart. your blood pressure is perfect. your heart is great common -- is great, but let's have a stress test. four days later i was on the operating table with a quadruple bypass. i did not believe it. i did not have any symptoms. >> when did this happen? >> the operation was on april

memoir, the "what becomes of the brokenhearted", the book follows mr. harris from his early family life with an abusive stepfather to his success as a new york times bestalso addresses his struggle to except his homosexuality, his depression, and attempted suicide in 1990 and why he feels the riding save his life. e. lynn harris died on friday. the parent gallery in little rock, arkansas who said the advent, it is 35 minutes. >> wong puebla [applause] >> unwilling want good evening. when it is always good to be back in little rock, it is always good to be at pyramidion bookstore, this is one of the bookstores and that has supported made throughout my career and was one of the first places i did at a signing ads. many have you known this is,, this is my most personal book. and it was the most difficult one to write to me over seven years, but i think it is my best book because i have poured my house on every page usually i started my book tour is at home, voice are added little rock but as i got more and more successful it became a requirement that we start in new york because of the new york media up their peer down but i'm always glad to be at home an

memoir about his impoverished childhood, a book that won him a pulitzer prize. frank mccourt was 78 years old. >>> a private funeral service is being planned for thursday in new york for former cbs anchorman walter cronkite who died friday at the age of 92. a public memorial for the broadcasting giant is expected in the next few weeks. journalistic integrity was his greatest legacy. back to meredith, lester and al. >> there will never be another anchorman like him, ever. so respected by the public and aide m admired by those who loved him. >> i moderated a q&a with him two years ago at a university out west. i remember the question came up about "that's the way it is," he said, well, we reached the end of the newscast and that's what came out and we stuck with it. >> it worked! >> he will be missed. >> frank mccourt as well. >>> congrats in order for you, sir. "wake up with al" premiered on the weather channel. >> i think they'll let us do it again tomorrow. >> that trough that al mentioned it will keep chance of showers in our forecast through the way. just a slight chance for central maryland. 82 with partly sunny skies for the most part today. showers and the f

new and this old work. and we're also publishing the awakener, a long awaited memoir by helen weaver, about her life with jack care back and lenny bruce and alan ginsburg in grenwich village in the 1950s and was involved in the publishing scene and more than focusing on kerouac and the beats it presents a bigger picture of literary life in new york in the 19 '50s in grenwich village which continues to always seem to be of interest and we're excited about that one. and then, our latest book that came out is called "the peep diaries" how learning to love watching ourselves and our neighbors, and whats this author is talking about is at one time, everyone was interested in pop culture because everyone is fascinated by celebrity. but he coined the term, peep culture in that the focus is gone from -- has gone from celebrities to the to yous can on yourself, that you actually can be the celebrity and you can do that by blogs and web sites and youtube videos and so it is a commentary on what that change in technology has created for social and culture life in the u.s. and it is very entertaining and he actually inse

news from 1962 to 1981. we talked with him in 1997 about his career in broadcasting and his memoir, a reporter's life.is last about an hour. >> walter cronkite, had you had your heart operation before this book was finished, would you have talked about it? wasn't that big a deal? >> probably not. articulately, the knowledge i had shortly after the operation, everyone in the world has had this operation up to now except me. i would like to have it settled the rest of the spring, turns out people say when i had mine, it seems to be about as common as clipping one's toenails. >> when did you find are you have a heart problem? >> very surprisingly i never had a heart problem of any kind. my advanced age, more doubles, more singles, i felt very little pressure. nothing wrong, your blood pressure has always been perfect, but just in case, haven't had a stress test for a couple years. one stress test lead to another until i was on the operating table for this quadruple bypass. i didn't have any symptoms at all. >> what was the date? when did this happen? >> the operation was april fool's day. i always wonder

series for him and we are working on a new series right now with little girls in mind, inspired by my daughter. >> and, ms. enders you have also written a memoir. the first half of your life basically. >> it goes up to my coming out to the west coast of america for the very first time and my first movie, but it is about the first part of my life. woytek the long time to do. i would never have done it if she wouldn't have been so generous with their time to push me and make me do it in helping with that. >> is there a second half or a second third coming up? >> a lot of people are asking that. to be honest with you i don't know at this point. it took me a long, long time to write the first part, so maybe one day. >> emma walton hamilton, what is your favorite children's book? >> that i have written or that i have read? >> either one. >> the book that was for me informative book growing up what is the phantom tollbooth. that was my favorite. and people often ask us which is our favorite of the books were britain and it is so hard to answer. it is like saying which is your favorite chocolate in a box of chocolates are which is your favorite child