. >> i'm david nicholson on 34th avenue directly north of the avenue thank you for a taking the time to meet with us on thoith after a major remodel the conversion of a two-bedroom to a four-bedroom how is it is an investment group not an individual that thailand's to live there we're here because of the conduct of a above mentioned property that will have a privacy issue with our bedroom window address extend 6 needed out into the yard we've learned on the south side of the said property a notice was sent out in october we were completely unaware we didn't have the right to appeal and had no knowledge we're fritter he are homeowners would no intention of movgs any contradiction will effect us long-term this lead to a impose that the deck was cut in half the privacy issue is of uppermost importance we're requesting the appeal window be reopened to allow us to express our concerns again, we didn't receive a notification in the department of building inspection and building we should have the right to appeal please fooks the right of privacy is legitimate and we wouldn't have been here

nicholson baker is the author of ten novels including "human smoke." his latest is where the poet protagonist paul chowder appears again. he is joined by francine prose, excuse me, who's the author of 20 works of fiction. her latest book is "lovers at the chameleon club: paris, 1932, a novel," set in paris in the 1920s. also on the panel this morning is walter mosley who's the author of more than 40 books, most notably -- and i'm certain there are some fans in the audience -- of the easy rollins mystery series. the story takes place during the patty hearst era of radical black nationalism and political abductions. ladies and gentlemen, our panel. [applause] >> so in 2012 when i started "by the book," i had a few motivations. while i would like to believe as the editor of the book review that the only reason people ever buy books is based on the book review, i know that occasionally there are other reasons that people pick up a book. and one of the most commonly cited is word of mouth. it's the book everyone's talking about in the office, it's the book

county they are working on 230 north of 168 taking out the right and center lanes and 16 #, south of nicholson road. >> thousands of people across the country have taken to the streets in protest not to indict a nypd officer. that police officer used a choke hold on a unarmed black man who died in the confrontation. the decision comes less than two weeks after another grand jury that in ferguson decided not to indict. protesters blocked streets in midtown manhattan. video shows daniel pantaleo putting garner what choke hold. the medical examiner role that the choke hold contributed to his death. after the choke hold, pantaleo sent condolences to his widow. >> i don't accept his apology. he is still feeding his kids and my husband is 6 feet under. >> reporter: eric holder was announced a civil rights investigation into the matter. >> a grand jury decision set off protests in philadelphia, as well. john rawlins is live outside of city hall with more. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, tam, well, by many accounts there was a considerable amount of tension here as several hundred prote

mick jagger, jack nicholson and others. i believe the jack nicholson part that. man gets in.ary is being propositioned by larry flint to come as the south london version of his hustler club for two week run and she's goining to do it. this is going to be interesting. to even like monument the occasion, she's changing her name from cary reich heart to cary royal, to make it morey gallon and play off the prince harry thing. >> cary royal. >>> it has ring it to. >> i guess. >>> maybe that rubles. some pounds. >> exactly. some money in there. head crack, always a pleasure. thank you so much. and after our 10:00 o'clock news, we have two hours of news and infotainment for you. you can catch tmz and inside edition followed by dish nation at midnight and chasing at 12:30. iain. >> arizona teen safe after getting himself stuck in unlikely spot outside of his own house. he got stuck inside the chimney after locking himself out last night. so rescue crews in scottsdale managed to get the teen out of his situation which was a little dire. the teen did get to the bottom of the chimney bu

. >> you also gave jack nicholson the performance of a lifetime. >> i think jack would have done justine without me. he had a very healthy career before i came along. >> were you paranoid you could never do it again? what does that feel like? >> paranoid that i can never do it again, that feeling has never gone away. i have written six movies, a seventh about to go into production. about 190 episodes of television and three plays. anytime i finish a script, i always feel like i am never going to be able to write another one. it is a terrible feeling of i have used all the words i know in every order i can put them in. i can't think of a story. i am never going to write anything again. >> there are myths about so many of the greatest founders, creators, innovators that are often boiled down into legend. what is the myth of aaron sorkin and what is the reality? >> the reality is i am an awkward guy who is more comfortable on paper than i am in person. i would give anything if we could do this interview by e-mail. if you would e-mail me the questions, i could give you much better answers

from a few days ago, haddon township, construction going on along 168 ferry avenue and camden and nicholson road, a lane and two lanes blocked until 6:00 a.m. tam. >> this is developing this morning, philadelphia police are searching for the gunman who shot two people killing one man and critically wounding another. this all happened before 11:30 on the 2000 block of bell more street in the city's port richmond section. 20-year-old man was killed and 35-year-old man was shot while sitting in a minivan. police hope surveillance video in the area will help lead to suspect. >> police say a violent criminal is off the streets following a brutal attack on a student in philadelphia. police say the same guy may be responsible for a description of attacks. katherine scott is live with the details on what led police to the suspect. good morning, catherine. >> reporter: good morning, nydia, police caught the suspect 55 years old while he was assaulting a woman, they believe he is responsible for multiple attacks in university city including two yesterday morning adjacent to drexel's campus. a string

richard nicholson, al jazerra. >>> well, it's been a rough year for red bull.ssed out on the formula one championships and now thief have his stolen over 60 trophies from their u.k.-based factory. six men drove a ca are through the front entrance of the factory on friday night. police say the car is believed to have had a foreign number plate. none of the night staff were harmed. red bull team principle christian horner said in a statement they were devastated by the raid. he went onto add, beyond the aggressive nature of this break in, we are perplexed by anyone would take these trophies. the value to the team is, of course, extraordinarily high. but their intrinsic value is low. many of the trophies on display were replicas. >> there you go. so, yeah, it's been disappointing for the red bull team. >> i am sure they will pop up somewhere. >> i hope so, yeah. thank you very much, joe jo. >>> do stay with us here on al jazerra because we have a full bullet of news coming for you in just a identify minutes time. all the latest on our top stories including that u.

. >> like when hollywood legend jack nicholson fawned all over her on "good morning america" after she oscar. >> oh, my god. >> you don't mind -- >> or on late night television. >> i get really hyper and i'm like -- and i get really hyper. so then i go on interviews and i'm like a chihuahua shaking and peeing and then afterwards, i'm like i just talked about peeing on the red carpet. >> old friends like say it's not an act. >> as soon as they ask a question, she's got something to come back with. or if something funny happens, it's whatever she fills it in with. >> and no filter. >> no filter. >> back in the day? >> that was there in eighth grade. >> and unguarded, uncensored spirit that has all of hollywood lining up to work with her. >> she's so much fun to work with and so free and uninhibited. >> amy adams starred opposite lawrence in "american hustle." >> i got a ring on my finger. we have a child together. >> roles that landed them both academy award nominations. >> you know sometimes in life all you have are [ bleep ] poisonous choices. >> i remember thinking there's nothing thi

but after his first competitive rounds tiger still has a lot of work do richard nicholson reports. >>ing woods' latest comeback from injury at his own tournament the world challenge couldn't have got off to a worse start. driving out of bounds with his very first shot. his short game wasn't much better. former world number one missed hitting his chip on the tate on the way to a double bogey. and 5 over par score for the front 9 holes, but glimpses of the game that have won him 14 major titles were also on show, this approach shot on 12 almost going in for a eagle and bringing a smile to wood's face. the now world number 24 followed up that bird we a shot all amateurs will be familiar with, getting yet another bogey to close with a 5 over par 77. 11 shots off the leader, jordan spieth after the first rounds. >> i have shot 80s a bunch of time here actually. usually when it's a cold north wind and it's about 30 out. but not like this. today was -- it's weird. i didn't feel like i hit it that bat. my short game was awful. i didn't make anything. but you know, i missed it on a few times o

i will be speaking to an executive director at crest nicholson. joining me next.with us. ♪ >> time for today's company news. reports in the markets that shell is rumored to be considering a takeover of ep. closed in thees u.s. and neither company was available for speculation. it is a move the company says could raise as much as 35 billion dollars to help combat commodity prices. the cfo also left open the possibility of an ipo. he told bloomberg that plans to surprise investors with lower spending over the next two years. >> we are in the middle of a journey. we have two strong years of spending before we complete our investment program and we're looking, working hard to reduce that spending and to do the same objects with less amount. making sure and showing them we will be able to go through this two-year period spending less resources. >> and teaming up with the world's second richest man. feature the app on all android phones and mexico starting today according to a blog post on uber. the partnership will extend across latin america and two months. >> bookmak

watch out for one along 168 between ferry avenue and nicholson road. 6:00. same situation, up to two lanes blocked until 6:00 along 295 in bellmawr between 42 and 168. that could cause some slowing. down in new castle county most of the overnight work along 95 has cleared. the ramp from there northbound side 896 is closed until mid january for work. matt. >> thanks matt. >>> another story new here on "action news" a man who bragged on a facebook page about taking the law into his own hands is now a wanted man. memphis police say this is joseph johnson after he jumped out of his car and attacked a panhandler whom he claims stole chainsaws from his tree removal business and then posted video of it on his facebook page. police hope to track january ego and son down and charge him with simple assault. >> it's 4:53 and still ahead on our developing story. a man shot in the back on the streets of south philadelphia. we're live at 5:00 a.m. for more on the hasn'ty manhunt. >> and a local girl helps feed the homeless for the holidays and on her birth day. it's

township camden county through 6 o'clock another 45 minutes a work zone along 168 both ways south of nicholson could see lane restrictions. this morning in the lehigh valley things are drier than yesterday. that's good news. let's see what's happening on 33. looks like a vehicle stopped on the shoulder here on the southbound side in palmer township. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> new this morning, a hawaiian fisherman lost at sea for 12 days made the mayday call of his life yesterday. 67-year-old ron ingraham placed two mayday calls on thanksgiving day saying his 25-foot sailboat was taking on water in danger of sinking. crews combed about 12,000 miles and called off the search december 1st. yesterday the coast guard in honolulu received another seven seconds call from ingraham. crews found him alive but weak hungry. >>> a plane had to be diverted after a woman gave birth midair. the woman delivered the baby boy shortly after takeoff from san francisco yesterday. passengers say the situation was so calm they had no idea that it was happening. thankfully there was a doctor an nurse on board

blocking a couple lanes until 6 o'clock, a couple lanes also along 168 itself both ways just south of nicholsonime for the commuter report brought to you by the waze app. if your inn you're on the northeast extension you're dealing with wet conditions and foggy weather us a travel around salford montgomery county. matt and tam. >> thank you, matt. >>> it was a very sad scene in knoxville, tennessee yesterday. two school buses collided killing two students and an adult aide. officials have not released the name but they did say that the children who died were in the third grade or below. another twenty seven people were injured, three of them seriously. >>> an arizona teen will probably never forget his house key again. the 13-year-old boy got locked out, decide to do climb in through the chimney and got stuck. the teen used his cell phone to call 911. rescuers pulled him out safely. he was shaken up but not hurt. >> the sixers can make history tonight if they lose again they tie the nba record for the most losses to start the season which stands at 18. they may have a chance to actually win thi

construction, though, for drivers in audubon to be aware of on route 168 in both directions between nicholson road and ferry avenue. that's expected to be out there active until about 6:00 a.m. christine? >>> the firefighter who lost her life in the line of duty is being hailed as a hero this morning. nbc 10's monique braxton is live in west oak lane, where investigators will be looking for clues as to what went wrong. monique? >> reporter: christine, we're going to show you the cars that are here outside the home. they are two police officers on guard, letting you know that this investigation is far from over. two things police are going to be looking at along with fire investigators, and that is, one, was her fire apparatus working properly? were the safety alert systems working properly? the other thing the fire marshal's office will be looking at is trying to determine what caused the blaze here in the basement of this west oak lane home. looking at our video, fire commissioner derrick sawyer told us his men and women are heartbroken over the loss of 36-year-old joyce craig-lewis. commiss

joining us now is christopher nicholson. wave ofyou make of this consolidation? a lot of conversations about quad play. explain what is the big deal about quad play. >> good morning, and thanks for inviting us. the big deal is it is possibly the last round for vodafone in terms of consolidation and liberty media. largert trigger a much consolidations in the european market, which everyone has been talking about for a decade and hasn't yet happened. it is a fabulous bonanza for the investment banks. lots of things will be spat out at the backs of the deals. that's why it's an interesting thing to have happened over the last few days. but let's break it down. we have bt potentially going after ee. 9 billion pounds those are valued at. who should they go for and why? is some of the quad play offers are very compelling. for services with one provider, it's actually a huge deal. consider aople utilities service. to change all four in one go is more of an issue, and that's why there is more inertia. that's why they want quad play. whether or not investors go for .t dep

i thought it was very impressive, forthright, it was borderline jack nicholson saying, you're damnedright i ordered the code red, totally unapologetic. and they make a very powerful case. i am not sure that some lawyers at doj say it's not torture that means it's not torture. lawyers are known to torture the language and some of the abuses in here do strike me as torture. but my hunch is that the vast majority of the american people will come down basically on dick cheney's side on this. >> i think he points out the fact that we have shifted from capture and interrogation to drones without human intelligence and calls into question how we're going to continue on in this war without it. and just like the contract was talking about, what that means when you have a collateral loss of life anyway. is torturing a terrorist worse than killing an innocent? at the same time, i think there are a lot of people unlike dick cheney. there are a lot of law mimakers capitol hill do believe this was improper. we actually now know that this country did this and that we didn't need to expose the gory

richard nicholson, al jazeera. >>> asia source indonesia open many even par, 71 to win by two shots. and after recovering from a career threatening knee injury, sceeskier lindsay vonn, win comg at a week in lake louise, canada. a shin fracture, two knee operations, but she is back to full fitness now. okay, that is how sports is looking for now. >> thanks very much, andy. now, the world's largest and oldest museum is celebrating its 250th anniversary. the hermitage in russia is hopee to the biggest collection of art in history. the light was put open in the main score in st. petersburg where the museum is located. with so many high profile artworks, the hermitage is the many target for thieves. >> start of the revolution is now home to the oldest and biggest museum in the world. the hermitage, the stately staty repository of russia's rich cultural history, is a treasuretrophy of art captured around the world. founded by accuratar catherine . at times the interior is just as captivating as the art on display. the wealth and extravagance of the romanovs, the hermitage has now become a

jack nicholson are you kidding me? g of q, i don't know, i used to read them as a kid.n't even know anything anymore. >> as a kid? >> young man with the poke can dot ties. >> grow up and wear cufflinks and my initials on my sleeve, yeah. they have lost all they don't do that well anymore either. but it is not it is not unusual, guys. you go on newsstand and look at general news magazines out there and these they take these shots. i wonder how any young person ever votes for a republican anytime because it is a amazing. anything they pick up from a "gq" to "rolling stone," so overly biased they would call themselves journalists is a shame. >> katy, you write every single week. you know about this stuff. the list would have been so much funnier. kyle smith is one of the best writers at "the new york post." does most political writing on weekends. one of their main film editors. but i have to say his political writing is so adept if they had used half of his list would have been more balance and entertaining. >> so transparent right? we agree politicians whether you're rep

. >> jimmy: that was -- and jack nicholson was at the screening, as well. >> did you speak with him?espectfully declined to speak with him. i knew without speaking to him that he did not want to speak to me. >> yeah, well, he had indicated earlier. >> jimmy: i saw you speaking to him after the movie. what did jack say? >> i'll explain this. you know, he would, from time to time, have a screening of one of his movies, give you a call, say, or his assistant will call, say, there's a screening somewhere, jack would like you to come if you are around. he just wants to show some of his friends this movie that he's been working on. i always remembered that and i had only done that once with a movie iirected and i just wanted to get some feedback from some of my friends. as you noticed, it wasn't really that heavy except for you and jack and maybe one or two others. bill simmons from grantland came. >> jimmy: yes, bill was there. >> mostly pals or civilians. >> jimmy: seemed to be people from your life, your friends. >> a lot of my friends. because they really wanted to see it. anyway, he w

after three rounds of the tournament, it's not just his golf game that is misfiring as richard nicholson prorps. >> reporter: no one can fault tiger woods play of golf. he has flu-like symptoms. after the first tee shot he was looking visibly unwell and managed to birdy the opening hole. [ clapping ] >> reporter: despite some drop shots woods fired three birdies over the three holes closing for a 69. still leaving the world number 24 bottom of the vealed. he'll feel better about his game. >> i wasn't going too good at the beginning. i thought i could hang in there. the fever broke. i thought i would be all right. it broke on the front nine. despite shooting the best round of the tournament. woods is 20 intend jordan spooef, the 21-year-old that won the australian open started with three straight birdies, six more followed, including this putt on the 18th hole. >> the job is not done. i'm a believer in my own momentum, and will go out tomorrow with a similar strategy to today, and if the putts go and the breaks go my way. shooting around like today. if not. i'll have to shoot under par to

remember the movie "a few good men," colonel played by jack nicholson is being interrogated by tom cruisecode red. a training technique morally dubious and a cousin to torture at some point. and he exclaims, have you no idea what it takes to defend a nation. now, that's true. most of us don't. and there has to be some secrecy involved. but the default position of a free society is more information is better. we're having an interesting argument today and it serves the country. the argument at one level is about whether these techniques work. we ought to know that because we're not -- this is not the last time we will be wounded as a nation. but there's another aspect of this. if the security services of a republic begin to lie to the executive branch of which it's a part and a congressional branch which provides its oversight, then have you not just a problem, you have a crisis of the regime and we want to know if that happened. and i think this interview this morning advanced that. because to say no more, it's certainly not clear that the senators are right that they were completely kept

he has spent almost four months out, but as richard nicholson reports, his first competitive round backle for the wrong reasons. >> reporter: tiger wood's latest come back from injury couldn't have gotten off to a worse start. driving out of bounds with his very first shot. his short game wasn't much better. mis-hitting his chip at the 8th on the way to a double bogey. but glimpses of the game that have won him 14 major titles were also on show. this shot on the 12th almost going in for eagle and bringing a smile to wood's face. the now world number 24 followed up that birdie with a shot all amateurs will be familiar with. leading to yet another bogey. 11 shots off of the leader after the first round. >> i have shot 80s a bunch of times here actually. but usually when it's a cold north wind and about 30 out, but not like this. today was -- it was weird. i didn't feel like i hit it that bad. and my short game was awful. i missed it on a few times on the front nine on the wrong side. but it was just one of those days where just really nothing went my way. >> reporter: to his return to com

at the versailles conference there was a british academic, harold nicholson, and he told me something that was the first thing i learned in international politics, nations don't have permanent friends or enemies, they have permanent interests. there was a story in the paper, you know, yesterday, about them bombing with us. on 9/11, i was working with new york. at the council on foreign relations. and i had this title, you know, vice president, director of studies, i'm only telling you that, because i got a call from the iranian ambassador. they're at the u.n. in new york. he said, i'd like you to come over for dinner and bring your scholars who work in our part of the world. so i went over for dinner. my son is still mad at me, it was during the yankees-red sox play-off game. so anyway, i went over -- late september, 2001. he said, look, we condemn the attacks of 9/11. they had a candlelight vigil, tehran. we hate the taliban. okay? we're willing to work with you, make sure your government knows that. okay. so we let condi rice know. i assume they already knew. according to ambassador

robert deanio and jack nicholson. >> it would be like a great grandfather thing going on there.be passing notes while listening. >> i want someone to entertain me. >> for me it would be a funny guy. >> jimmy fallon. >> what about a woman? >> oh, boy, >> i know one. >> i know an actress? >> i know, yes, exactly. hum. hum. hum. getting in trouble on the couch. i wont be able to focus. >> i tried to pull it off in a high profile murder trial. i novembers the news business. i said i am just too distracting and the judge said i have no idea who you are. i agree with brad pitt. it was fascinating and one of the more fascinating things i can remember. i wish he can do that. >> every time i get called in the jury duty i sit in the hall for two days. and i am happy to do it. >> and i will loan you my bush- cheney t- shirt and they will not pick you with the era hat. "happening now" is starting soon and no outnumbered overtime. and tune in for the presidential press conference, last one from the white house in 2014. "happening now", take it away. >> thank you, we start with the fox news a

just simple humanity, nicole-- nicholson, i called him and said would you come see this movie of mine. and afterwards he looked at me. and what did he say, masterful. i'm glad you made this, keats because now i don't have to make it and then he called me the next day which i knew he would. and i got the really clear-headed articulate focused jack. and he went on for like 20 minutes. and all he kept talking about was the beauty of it. the beauty. there was beautiful and the beauty. and i thought yeah, alejandro is not afraid of that stuff. >> rose: you can do the best impression of him around, can't you. >> no, no. >> rose: yes, you can. >> there are people who nail him. >> rose: no, you got it. >> rose: but he has distinct features that make it easy for someone that does impressions, doesn't he i have seen robin do it brilliantly but robin could do american brilliant. robin once did, imagine a conversation between mar long and jack. jack -- >> yeah. yeah. wow. that just-- that hit people hard. you know, that's interesting. i don't know why, like the robin dropped people to their knees

. >> jack nicholson, what if he found someone his own age?now the latest celebrity news delivered to you 24/7, the "insider" together with yahoo!. >>> patty pulling no punches when it comes to hollywood hookups. hey, jack, you listening. hello, everybody. i'm louis aguirre. >> and i'm thea andrews. we're going to get to that in just a bit. first, tracy morgan once near death and now on the slow road to recovery. nearly six months since the multi-car accident that left him in critical condition. >> keltie knight is joining us from new york where tracy's "top five "can the co-stars were out last night showing support. hey, keltie. >> when we first heard of tracy's accidents, there were conflicting reports of whether he would ever make it back to comedy and with this new appearance we're really seeing that he's fighting for a comeback. >> how is your recovery coming? >> fighting every day. >> fighting every day. >> solemn, strong, yet determined to persevere through his injuries.

that people want to hear this story, that americans can handle the truth, notwithstanding what jack nicholson says. the act itself is an apology. if you read the act, there is an acknowledgment of wrongs, not a complete roster. if every indian lined up for their individual apology, we would be there for a very long time, but there is a set of findings where the united states is acknowledging, yes, we, our agents, our institutions did these things. the establishment of the museum -- it seemss to me to me, is an expression of regret, an apology saying, we offer you this, we offer you this place, this ground in our capital city and in our greatest financial center. we offer you this space to have two tell your story. -- to tell your story. that's an extraordinary opportunity and one that is absolutely clear to me. people say, are you sure you should really be criticizing the united states? my answer is always, what did they think we were going to do? [laughter] given the opportunity to tell the native story, what did they think we were going to do? the great thing about it is, by giving us this

. >> because part of it is the old jack nicholson line from the movie, "you can't handle the truth."e can't handle the truth. >> i agree with that. >> and part of the truth is rooted in a terribly flawed john u. opinion written of the justice -- >> why do you think -- just why does anybody thinkm obama has not fired brennan? he's got the best of both worlds. he has a guy who supports the program while is still his cia director while going out and saying, oh, this is very troubling. is there somebody i can drop a drone on and kill the entire family? >> like mike said, the truth we can't handle is because the truth is messy and complicated and multisided. and inevitably, the only time truth comes out is when one side is going after the other side. i think that's what you're saying, joe. >> that's exactly what i'm saying. >> the report was really a democratic move, which is not how it plays abroad. there, it looks like, wow, the americans are being transparent and they're investigating their own problems -- >> i think the only thing the cia exists for is to keep secrets. and for directo

that old jack nicholson, you need me on that wall, you want me on the wall. >> you can't handle the truthd go yeah. there's a gray area, but maybe doing this would save my children or my friend's children or -- i'd go -- >> -- i don't think many people appreciate the context shortly after the attack that the mood, the federal reservrvor, the app the country for washington to do something. the questions being asked, how could this have happened. how could we not know that terrorists were coming to hijack planes? they hijacked four planes. it's easy to sit back now and say they shouldn't have done it. i listen to what brennan said. he said, we were trying our hard effo hardest. i happen to believe that. i remember running into a reporter and he said, it's amazing, there's so many people who didn't support bush who are now supporting him. even among african-american voter, 85% approve of what he's doing. they want the country -- want all of us to be safe and protected. so it's great to look back now and figure out how we don't do things that don't produce the right information and violate ou

. >> robert downey moving on from jack nicholson, my gosh. >> making out with robert downey jr.l right. >> favorite things. okay my friend louise duart has a friend she lives on martha's vineyard. and she sent me the most adorable 2015 calendar called vineyard sea dogs. >> i can't. >> $16. part of the proceeds go to the animal shelter of martha's vineyard. let me show you this one. this one is february. look. box of chocolates. look at this. so it is just adorable. every single one will break your heart. sweetest thing in the world. what you got? >> i've been trying not to have sweets for a while. by now i'm probably off the wagon. but this is sinful. it is the reese's spread peanut butter and chocolate mix. it is $3 and you can buy it at grocery stores. you can just dunk the apple in. >> how many calories? >> i want to see, one second. what does it say? calories. >> you're taking up time. we could be talking to our star. >> two tablespoons, 190? >> there you go. >> oh! wait. >> sal. >> hello, sal. >> sal. oh my gosh sal. >> he had to bring in his own prop because he is sal the

. >> you can still hang out here and corner us with questions after, except for nicholson baker who has to go to his next session. >> let's have a round of applause for our panel. applause >> tell me how did president wilson -- what were his mistakes with world war i? >> his biggest mistake in my opinion was his -- i'm trying to decide whether to call it his inability or refusal to do strategic contingency planning. my work began with lincoln and i was stunned when i wrote about lincoln to see how much he did simultaneous, best case some worst case cob din generals si planning -- contingency planning all day. wilson is almost a mirror opposite at a wartime leader. he almost never thought about what could happen good, or bad. he just presumed that things would take care of themselves and so he just sort of made things up as he went along. very hard to believe until you get into the wilson papers. and it's all too obvious. he was a very, very intelligent man in many ways. but his pattern of thinking and feeling were so dysfunctional. to some extent it's a mystery. he was what he was. but

. >> you can still hang out here and corner us with questions afterwards except for nicholson baker who has to go off or go to his next session. thank you so much. >> let's have a round of applause for our panel. >> booktv is on twitter and facebook, and we want to hear from you. tweet us, twitter.com/booktv, or post a comment on our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. >> now that 2014 is coming to a close, many publications are releasing their end-of the yearbook list. former secretary of state henry kissinger is on the list with his take on international affairs in "world order." then in "the teacher wars," dana goldstein provides a history of public school teaching. jeff hobbs recounts the life and death of his former college roommate in "the short and tragic life of robert peace." jo becker in "forcing the spring," and in fire shut up in my bones, charles below recalls growing up in louisiana in the 1970s. >> one of the idiosyncrasies but also one of the beauties of small town america is that things kind of pass it by. and so you -- it is timeless in a way, and it is pastoral, and y