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>> i think novels are inevitably political but the political content of the novel depends on the reader. if you're disposed toward asking political ethical questions then practically any text becomes bloated with political meaning. but i certainly feel like my most recent book for example, this book set in dubai is a kind of investigates all sorts of political things, how countries are structured and dubai in particular and what that says about for example american society as well. for sure yeah. >> i guess being from the former soviet whatever, you do get political. i just want to capture sort of the feeling of what it's like to be in these two giant countries america and russia. i was privileged to be born in one superpower that collapsed and then move to another superpower that's doing great. so it feels like everywhere i go whenever i land in beijing they're like okay. >> step on back. >> but yeah. it's a very 20th century kind of experience that i've had. but a part of me wishes i was just working in a burger king in denmark like they just had in the "times" and having a decent lif
>> i think novels are inevitably political but the political content of the novel depends on the reader. if you're disposed toward asking political ethical questions then practically any text becomes bloated with political meaning. but i certainly feel like my most recent book for example, this book set in dubai is a kind of investigates all sorts of political things, how countries are structured and dubai in particular and what that says about for example american society as well. for...
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the novel was being handed out to the soviet of visitors to the vatican pavilion and the covers were surrendering the fairgrounds as some of those who got the book, ripped off the heavy cover to make it easier to stuff in their pockets. the visitors that got copies understood that it was an illicit book best hidden from the kgb minders at the fair in brussels. at the cia working with dutch intelligence was behind the publication which was printed by the distinguished house. the agency saw them as an ideal place to distribute the book because the unusually large number of soviet citizens, some 16,000 had obtained visas to visit the world fair which took place over six months between april and october, 1958 at a 500-acre site just northwest of central brussels. 42 nations including the u.s. and the soviet union and for the first time, the vatican participated. the agency assumed that the dutch publishing house, which specialized in the language books was about to get their rights the rights to the russian language version from this addition would be passed off as an early run. there wa
the novel was being handed out to the soviet of visitors to the vatican pavilion and the covers were surrendering the fairgrounds as some of those who got the book, ripped off the heavy cover to make it easier to stuff in their pockets. the visitors that got copies understood that it was an illicit book best hidden from the kgb minders at the fair in brussels. at the cia working with dutch intelligence was behind the publication which was printed by the distinguished house. the agency saw them...
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book clubs, reading programs, those that like to curl up with a novel.e have a reason to read a book, a gift from one of the most popular authors of the 20th century. great to talk to you all. thank you for being with us. that's all for this edition of "inside story". we want you to talk back to your television set. visit our facebook page and give us your feedback on what you hear on the programme. i invite you to follow us on twitter. see you next time, in washington, i'm ray suarez. >> "inside story", now at a new time. >> join me as we bring you an in-depth look at the most important issues of the day, breaking it down, getting you the facts. it's the only place you'll find the inside story. >> now at its new time. weeknights, 11:30 eastern. on al jazeera america. >> had it not sparked fire, this story would be like that of many other low-intensity conflicts over resources waiting to erupt across this oil, gas and fresh-water rich country. back in 2010, the canadian province of new brunswick granted a texas-based company, southwestern energy, license
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book clubs, reading programs those that like to curl up with a novel. we have a reason to read a book a gift from one of the most popular authors of the 20th century. great to talk to you all. thank you for being with us. that's all for this edition of "inside story". we want you to talk back to your television set. visit our facebook page and give us your feedback on what you hear on the programme. i invite you to follow us on twitter. see you next time in washington, i'm ray suarez. malaysia 's opposition leader anwar ibrahim loses his appeal in a trial that has lasted 15 years. >> welcome to al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. i'm shilli gauche. nigeria says they will destroy all boko haram camps in six weeks. president obama says he doesn't whether to arm ukrainian forces
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>> i think with her first novel, it was the context in which the novel appeared. she refused a story of a girl who reversed to see things in black and white. and it was a novel of suspense and coming of age and it intersected right in the 1960s with everything that was going on in this country. so in the same way that many people say uncle tom's cabin gave way to abolitionists, many civil rights activists say that harper lee gave them the way to keep going. >> why did she not write for all of those years? >> without talking to her directly, it's hard to answer that. she was a very shy young woman from alabama who got a lot of attention and publicity when her first novel came out. her sister, who died a couple of months ago, i was able to interview him and she said that harper lee said to her i couldn't top what i had done. and it's a perfect little gem. so you could see why it might be hard. >> do you have a sense of what her life has been like? >> i think it's important to say that she's not really boo radley, not reckless in the boo radley sense. she stops givin
>> i think with her first novel, it was the context in which the novel appeared. she refused a story of a girl who reversed to see things in black and white. and it was a novel of suspense and coming of age and it intersected right in the 1960s with everything that was going on in this country. so in the same way that many people say uncle tom's cabin gave way to abolitionists, many civil rights activists say that harper lee gave them the way to keep going. >> why did she not write...
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. >> her novel "ghana must go", is a sim biographic hl novel. >> i inhabited the minds of all the charactersd the parents. i came to love them. >> taiye selasi afro-politics. >> if i knew it was going to last 10 years i would a picked something else. >> racism exists in america, as shooting. >> there are unarmed people killed on the veets of the united states and left for dead. no one is charged. >> i spoke to the author as she passed through new york. >> i read that you do not like to be asked where you are from. >> it's not that i don't line to be asked the question. it happens so often, that it would be - it would create internal tension if i got mad every time i heard it. i have begun to question what it means, and where that convention comes from. i think that when sun says "where are you from, and is waiting to hear a country", that person is not accessing information that i think is essential to who i am or to who we are as people. >> there's another part of that which i know as an asian american, wh i'm asked that question "where are you from?" sometimes i take it to many you are not
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the novel inspired a documentary. >> waiting for the next novel, sadly that never game. >> i can't imagine what drove her it silence. >> reporter: lee is 88. she will not be silent much longer. harper collins says it will publish her new novel in july. >> it was amazing. i was worried it was a host. >> reporter: it will pick up in the 1950s, 20 years after "to kill a mockingbird" left off. she great it before "to kill a mockingbird," but put it aside. in a statement she said: harper collins says lee probably will not do publicity for her book. she rarely speaks to the media. that is one of a few public appearances accepting a presidential medal. she is hoping the book will be a literary event. >> it's like getting a second book of the bible. this is an iconic work much american literature. since it was a lost manuscript. it was nothing we expected to have. >> lee describes it as a pretty decent effort >>> can't wait to read it. i'm antonio mora. for the news any time head to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is next. have a great night. ^ below "inside story" is next. have a great night. have
the novel inspired a documentary. >> waiting for the next novel, sadly that never game. >> i can't imagine what drove her it silence. >> reporter: lee is 88. she will not be silent much longer. harper collins says it will publish her new novel in july. >> it was amazing. i was worried it was a host. >> reporter: it will pick up in the 1950s, 20 years after "to kill a mockingbird" left off. she great it before "to kill a mockingbird," but put it...
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later moviegoers will publish another novel. jeffrey brown tells the story. >> brown: word of harper lee's plans generated buzz throughout the literary world. the new book, "go set a watchman," is actually an old one. lee wrote it in the 1950s, but at an editor's advice, set it aside and turned to writing "to kill a mockingbird." published in 1960, that treasured classic about race and coming-of-age in alabama in the 1930's won a pulitzer prize. and would go on to sell some 40 million copies. >> you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. >> brown: it became an oscar- winning film in 1962, starring gregory peck as atticus finch. the earlier manuscript was largely forgotten until, according to a statement released today, lee's lawyer discovered it last fall. set in the 1950's, it features "scout," a girl in "mockingbird," but now a grown woman, returning home to alabama to visit atticus. in today's statement, lee, now 88, said of the new book: "i thought it a pretty decent effort, i am h
later moviegoers will publish another novel. jeffrey brown tells the story. >> brown: word of harper lee's plans generated buzz throughout the literary world. the new book, "go set a watchman," is actually an old one. lee wrote it in the 1950s, but at an editor's advice, set it aside and turned to writing "to kill a mockingbird." published in 1960, that treasured classic about race and coming-of-age in alabama in the 1930's won a pulitzer prize. and would go on to sell...
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the second novel comes just 50 years after her first novel.ood for giants oooo no wonder no one has eaten this sandwich kids discover the world with their mouths keep laundry pacs out of reach and away from children brought to you by tide sunday dinners at my house... it's a full day for me, and i love it. but when i started having back pain my sister had to come help. i don't like asking for help. i took tylenol but i had to take six pills to get through the day. so my daughter brought over some aleve. it's just two pills, all day! and now, i'm back! aleve. two pills. all day strong, all day long. and now introducing aleve pm for a better am. [ male announcer ] marie callender's knows you may not have time to roll out a perfectly flaky crust that's made from scratch. or mix vegetables with all white meat chicken and homemade gravy. but marie callender's does. just sit down and savor. marie callender's. it's time to savor. (announcer) don't settle for 4g lte coverage that's smaller or less reliable when only one network is america's largest an
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because it turns out harper lee wrote another novel. a manuscript that everyone thought was lost, including the author herself. we get the story tonight from our national correspondent, kate snow. >> one book, the last few years, has been so warmly embraced. >> reporter: for decades, a must-read, immortalized in the oscar-winning film. >> you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. >> reporter: "to kill a mockingbird" was harper lee's only book. now her publisher said they recently discovered another work. >> we devoured it. >> reporter: it's not a new book, but essentially a first draft written in the 1950s of what would become "to kill a mockingbird." >> it was submitted to her publisher in 1957, and she was then told to rewrite the book from the point of view of the young scout. >> reporter: scout is a grown woman, back from new york to visit her aging father in alabama. author and filmmaker mary mcdonough murphy said the 304-page manuscript was discovered in a bank safe deposit box. >> harp
because it turns out harper lee wrote another novel. a manuscript that everyone thought was lost, including the author herself. we get the story tonight from our national correspondent, kate snow. >> one book, the last few years, has been so warmly embraced. >> reporter: for decades, a must-read, immortalized in the oscar-winning film. >> you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. >> reporter: "to kill a mockingbird"...
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but it turns out she wrote a novel before "mockingbird" and locked it away for years.we learned that it's about to be released. here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: when your first book sells 40 million copies, wins the pulitzer prize is translated into 40 languages-- >> atticus do you think he really comes and looks in my window at night? >> reporter: and becomes an oscar-winning movie starring gregory peck, it stands to reason a lot of people will be waiting for your second book, even if it takes 55 years to come out. >> it's a great gift to the world. >> reporter: kerry madden isn't just a fan of harper lee. she wrote a biography of her. >> i completely think it will have her voice, and it will be so wonderful to see, you know, the voice of-- of this young writer. >> reporter: the new book, to be published in july, will be called "go set a watchman"." harper lee wrote it before "to kill a mockingbird," but it's actually a sequel of sorts. it takes place in the same fictional town of maycomb, alabama, when scout finch, the child hero of "to kill a mockingbird," comes hom
but it turns out she wrote a novel before "mockingbird" and locked it away for years.we learned that it's about to be released. here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: when your first book sells 40 million copies, wins the pulitzer prize is translated into 40 languages-- >> atticus do you think he really comes and looks in my window at night? >> reporter: and becomes an oscar-winning movie starring gregory peck, it stands to reason a lot of people will be waiting for your...
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the novel chronicles an adult scout's return home to macon, alabama, in the 1950s. lee wrote watchman before the pulitzer prize to kill a mockingbird which until now is the famous author's only novel. >> it will be so wonderful to see the voice of this young writer. >> the 88-year-old lee released a statement about the new book. she says she had not realized it survived and she's humbled and amazed it will be published after all these years. >>> always watching always tracking wusa9 first alert weather. >> getting a little rough out there, sir. >> it is, but no winds tonight and a little milder day tomorrow. >> it's been a roller coaster. >> the arctic air will come back in a big day. i've increased chances for snow showers on thursday morning. high temperature 38 today. we're holding in the low 30s downtown, 31, mainly 20s in the burbs. dew points have come up, more humidity in the air and the winds have turned south, southeast at 9. that will keep temperatures up. a cold start but mild finish tomorrow. you still need a coat. bus stop temperatures 23 to about 38, 6
the novel chronicles an adult scout's return home to macon, alabama, in the 1950s. lee wrote watchman before the pulitzer prize to kill a mockingbird which until now is the famous author's only novel. >> it will be so wonderful to see the voice of this young writer. >> the 88-year-old lee released a statement about the new book. she says she had not realized it survived and she's humbled and amazed it will be published after all these years. >>> always watching always...
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vine is doing novel stuff with video. >> what about facebook? and twitter?o you consider them competition? >> we are all kind of vying for attention, but it is different. we have found our spot in the big internet. in this big ecosystem right now. the stuff you go to see on facebook and twitter is created by people you know or celebrities you wish you knew. it is about people. tumblr on the other hand is a little bit more like your tv. it's not about people you know, it is about the stuff you love. >> buzzfeed? >> it is cool. jonah is brilliant. they are making great stuff, using tumblr to make great stuff. i was they would run it on top of tumblr. >> there has never been a $10 billion tech company coming out of new york. why not? ♪ >> how is your life different now that you have sold your company for $1 billion? you're still just not even 30 years old. what do you like to do when you want to act your age? >> when it's not tumblr, it is like 3-d printing or drones or 3-d design. 3-d printing is one of the most interesting, new, creative technologies. creativ
vine is doing novel stuff with video. >> what about facebook? and twitter?o you consider them competition? >> we are all kind of vying for attention, but it is different. we have found our spot in the big internet. in this big ecosystem right now. the stuff you go to see on facebook and twitter is created by people you know or celebrities you wish you knew. it is about people. tumblr on the other hand is a little bit more like your tv. it's not about people you know, it is about the...
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>> i think it is from all of the romance novel. and it is a romance novel.n lindsay, joanna joyce and i go on and on. and it is boy meets girl and how they don't get together in the beginning and it is absolutely that. >> despite the talk there is that traditional core. and yet there is that traditional magnet of controversy and you say this is about women and em you toers for women -- empowers women. and one viewer said how can you release something that disregard disregards enthusiastic content. >> it shows she hasn't read the book. there is consent. and they haven't read it. there is enthusiasm. ana is enthusiastic. trust me. so yeah. whenever anyone says that i know you haven't read the book. >> what was your biggest concern in bringing this to the screen? >> was doing the sex. i didn't want it to be trashy and nasty and all of that kind of stuff. so that was -- that was i think my biggest, biggest concern. >> the hype machine is in full swing. are you happy with how the movie turned out. >> yes, i am. it took us a long time to get there but it is -- i t
>> i think it is from all of the romance novel. and it is a romance novel.n lindsay, joanna joyce and i go on and on. and it is boy meets girl and how they don't get together in the beginning and it is absolutely that. >> despite the talk there is that traditional core. and yet there is that traditional magnet of controversy and you say this is about women and em you toers for women -- empowers women. and one viewer said how can you release something that disregard disregards...
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it inspired a documentary. >> waiting for the next novel. and sadly that never came. >> i can't imagine what drove her into silence. >> lee is now 88 years old but she won't be silent much longer. they will publish her new novel in july. >> i thought it was a hoax. >> go said the watchman will be publisheds 20 years after mocking bird left off. she wrote it before mocking bird but put it aside. in a statement she said, after much thought and hesitation, i put it in the hands of people i trust. and they said it's worthy of publication. i'm humbled and amazed that it will be published after all of these years. she will not do any publicity for her new book, she rarely speaks to the media. this was one of her few public appearances when she accepted the presidential medal of freedom eight years ago. >> it's like getting a second look at the bible or something. this is an iconic work of american literature, and since it was a lost manuscript, it's nothing we ever expected to have. >> lee discovered the man you script last fall. and it was in a s
it inspired a documentary. >> waiting for the next novel. and sadly that never came. >> i can't imagine what drove her into silence. >> lee is now 88 years old but she won't be silent much longer. they will publish her new novel in july. >> i thought it was a hoax. >> go said the watchman will be publisheds 20 years after mocking bird left off. she wrote it before mocking bird but put it aside. in a statement she said, after much thought and hesitation, i put it in...
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a feat unmatched by any novel in a decade. is paula hawkins and this is her first tv interview. we thank you. >> thank you very much. >> here's what stephen king said. the girl on the train really great suspense novel. kept me up most of the night. i feel like stephen hawking too. >> you mean stephen king. >> stephen king. did you think of that? >> i thought of him cob, suspicion, paranoia and self-doubt. >> there's a missing wife and it has the title "girl on the train." after that that's it. you have written four novls. you're a financial writer. this is the first one you had written in your own name. why this one? >> the other novels were commissioned. this one came completely from me. this was the book i really wanted to write. i'm interested in crime and the dark side of psychology and so this was really my book. >> but you have said this like the last throw of the dice for you. >> it was to some degree. i was -- the last novel did not set the world on fire and i basically wanted to make some money. >> how desperate were
a feat unmatched by any novel in a decade. is paula hawkins and this is her first tv interview. we thank you. >> thank you very much. >> here's what stephen king said. the girl on the train really great suspense novel. kept me up most of the night. i feel like stephen hawking too. >> you mean stephen king. >> stephen king. did you think of that? >> i thought of him cob, suspicion, paranoia and self-doubt. >> there's a missing wife and it has the title...
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. >> you've written a novel based on so many of the people who knew your father, fictional novel butws that the black pride that his parents instilled in him. what do you hope younger readers will get out of the message of your novel? >> i'm not going to say the novel shows he's a criminal. it shows the foundation that malcolm had his plotting was very much educated and showed the value of learning, and his father was killed by the kkk his mother was taken put in an institution, his family was torn apart, they did this to many families during the time. and malcolm was in pain but he went to a reform school in another area separated from his siblings and evenly still at this school -- even still at this school he was the president of the seventh grade class and when his teacher said he what do you want to be when you grow up, he didn't say i want to be a teacher or he said i want to be a lawyer. his teacher said no you can't be a lawyer you're going to have to do other things. malcon com was in pain. he came from this little hik town in the midwest and the streets kind of pulled him i
. >> you've written a novel based on so many of the people who knew your father, fictional novel butws that the black pride that his parents instilled in him. what do you hope younger readers will get out of the message of your novel? >> i'm not going to say the novel shows he's a criminal. it shows the foundation that malcolm had his plotting was very much educated and showed the value of learning, and his father was killed by the kkk his mother was taken put in an institution, his...
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she's been so clear so long saying more than one novel was enough.me don't like the spotlight, please world go away, i have nothing more. the littererary quality of what we're looking at here is extraordinary. >> that's the question. >> is this old woman making decisions for herself? >> does that trump the author's wishes? the issue is does it matter what harper lee wants. >> as an individual matter, of course it matters. when they die, their wishes are no longer respected. everything they wrote before is vastly more valuable than when they were alive. the mystery for the novel, and i'm rereading it now with my young children is the question of voice. it is written from the perspective of a young girl. >> right. >> but it is written with a language of an older woman. >> right. >> the language is very sophisticated. it is not to say that scout wouldn't have talked like that but girls of that age don't talk like that. another novel written from a grownup scout, it opens up a world of possibilities that can reframe how we understand "to kill a mockingbi
she's been so clear so long saying more than one novel was enough.me don't like the spotlight, please world go away, i have nothing more. the littererary quality of what we're looking at here is extraordinary. >> that's the question. >> is this old woman making decisions for herself? >> does that trump the author's wishes? the issue is does it matter what harper lee wants. >> as an individual matter, of course it matters. when they die, their wishes are no longer...
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his last couple of novels especially but certainly bleeding edge is a novel that suggests all of thespiracies that he's been telling you about for decades are true and now you can't deny them and while that sounds a little bit like a literary construct i think that this books that just you should almost go ahead and delete every kind of conspiracy. and certainly this is an implicit topic of the book so i would love to hear more about that. >> let's just start by suggesting another way that you can read this report. i would agree that this is a brilliantly written summary. it reads very smoothly and i think that they can be read on the subject that it describes that is you know, a review of the sites and the enhanced interrogations program challenging the cia about the efficacy of the program. but i think that underneath that, you can test it a different way and that is to look at what is the role particularly in the cia and our society today and are we arriving at something like a deep state in the united states? and i think that it is an incredibly meticulous drop between the cia an
his last couple of novels especially but certainly bleeding edge is a novel that suggests all of thespiracies that he's been telling you about for decades are true and now you can't deny them and while that sounds a little bit like a literary construct i think that this books that just you should almost go ahead and delete every kind of conspiracy. and certainly this is an implicit topic of the book so i would love to hear more about that. >> let's just start by suggesting another way...
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and the pulitzer prize-winning author harper lee will publish a new novel this summer.ee, who is 88, says she wrote a novel in the mid-1950's called "go set a watchman," which focuses on an adult woman named scout, but her editor persuaded her to focus on a younger scout, and that novel became the classic, "to kill a mockingbird." lee says she thought the old manuscript was lost until her lawyer discovered it. both novels are set in the fictional town of maycomb, based on lee's hometown of monroeville, alabama. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. >> and i am juan gonzalez. welcome to our listeners around the world. president obama has unveiled a $4 trillion budget proposal for next year that calls for raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations in order to help fund education and fix crumbling infrastructure. the plan includes tax cuts for some poor and middle-class families. it also seeks to recoup losses from corporations that stash an estimated $2 trillion overseas by taxing such e
and the pulitzer prize-winning author harper lee will publish a new novel this summer.ee, who is 88, says she wrote a novel in the mid-1950's called "go set a watchman," which focuses on an adult woman named scout, but her editor persuaded her to focus on a younger scout, and that novel became the classic, "to kill a mockingbird." lee says she thought the old manuscript was lost until her lawyer discovered it. both novels are set in the fictional town of maycomb, based on...
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it convinced her to write another novel about scout as a child. it will be available in stores and online in july. >>> baseball fans in frederick could see a new name on the city's minor league stadium this spring. nymeo credit union struck a deal. the board of aldermen votes on the name change as early as thursday. the terms haven't been announced but the city could get 35% of the proceeds. >>> tried twice and a third time in the works. why a man accused in the death of teenager phylicia barnes will head back to court. >>> local parents on a wine tasting are i kuzed of leaving their kids outside in the cold. we've just obtained the arrest report and we have new information on the conditions of those children. >>> and a worker at an excavating company turns the table on a would-be thief. >>> he's been indicted fen. michael johnson was set free last month. >> but baltimore's state's attorney says she's putting michael johnson back on trial for the murder of phylicia barnes. jane miller of our sister station in baltimore takes a look if this latest
it convinced her to write another novel about scout as a child. it will be available in stores and online in july. >>> baseball fans in frederick could see a new name on the city's minor league stadium this spring. nymeo credit union struck a deal. the board of aldermen votes on the name change as early as thursday. the terms haven't been announced but the city could get 35% of the proceeds. >>> tried twice and a third time in the works. why a man accused in the death of...
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a newly discovered novel by harper lee, author the of the prize winning novel "to kill a mockingbird. a watchman" and features many of the same characters. let's bring in russell berman from the atlantic. how did this go unnoticed for half a century? >> harper lee said through a statement she thought the book was lost. it was found a few months ago in the fall by her lawyer and friend tanya carter who was going to look for the original manuscript of "to kill a mockingbird." saw attached to it at the end pages with scenes that didn't appear in the book. as she looked through it she realized this was an entirely different book. >> uh i know you have interviewed her publisher. what can you tell us about "go set a watchman". >> it takes place in the 1950s at the height of the civil rights movement. >> scout has grown up. >> she was living in new york city. she returned home to alabama. that's where it takes off. they don't want to tell too much about it and give away spoilers. >> i'm sure they are good at that considering what they have done with harper lee for the last half century. "to
a newly discovered novel by harper lee, author the of the prize winning novel "to kill a mockingbird. a watchman" and features many of the same characters. let's bring in russell berman from the atlantic. how did this go unnoticed for half a century? >> harper lee said through a statement she thought the book was lost. it was found a few months ago in the fall by her lawyer and friend tanya carter who was going to look for the original manuscript of "to kill a...
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why did you choose to make it a novel?orical fiction, to bring the young reader along into malcolm's journey of self-discovery. he was evidently in pain by the loss of his father -- >> what happened to his father? >> his father was a great activist. both of his parents. he was a guardian right. he was the president of the milwaukee chapter. he wrote a letter to president coolidge when marcus garvey was arrested. when you read this letter that he wrote to the president, you can see his son malcolm x, i suggest you let this dear man out of jail. he did not commit any crimes. if you let him out, he will be in good graces with god and people and history. not too long after, president coolidge released him from jail. you see the kind of father that malcolm had. the two parents you contributed to this developing, the foundation of malcolm. i thought was important to write, first a children's book because of promotes self-love and leadership for young children, and then to write "x: a novel" which were bring the young leader alon
why did you choose to make it a novel?orical fiction, to bring the young reader along into malcolm's journey of self-discovery. he was evidently in pain by the loss of his father -- >> what happened to his father? >> his father was a great activist. both of his parents. he was a guardian right. he was the president of the milwaukee chapter. he wrote a letter to president coolidge when marcus garvey was arrested. when you read this letter that he wrote to the president, you can see...
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. >> reporter: there are those that liken this case to a spy novel. it's intriguing. if it should be made into a movie viewers would find great difficulty following the plot. it's more convoluted by the day. it was reported that investigators had found what looked like a warrant for the arrest of the president and the foreign minister. that was, first of all, denied and admitted by the investigator. it's also clear at this statement whether alberto nisman committed suicide or whether he was killed. if he was kill who was behind the murder? still uncertain. what is going on while this is going on president kimp cristina fernandez de kirchner is in china, occasionally tweeting on this case. what is clear is we are as far from ever of finding out who might have been behind the 1994 bomb attack on the jewish cultural center in buenos aires that killed 85 or who is behind the death of alberto nisman. >>> fighters with i.s.i.l. captured an oil field south-west of kirkuk city. the government there says it was a major assault and expects i.s.i.l. to try again. zeina khodr rep
. >> reporter: there are those that liken this case to a spy novel. it's intriguing. if it should be made into a movie viewers would find great difficulty following the plot. it's more convoluted by the day. it was reported that investigators had found what looked like a warrant for the arrest of the president and the foreign minister. that was, first of all, denied and admitted by the investigator. it's also clear at this statement whether alberto nisman committed suicide or whether he...
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why some are urging fans to skip the film adaptation of the steamy novel. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, february 13th 2015. good morning. i'm alison harmelin in for anne-marie green. this morning bone-rattling bitter cold grips an area from the upper midwest to inland. it promises to fill subzero windchills through the weekend. some will break cold records from decades. it stretches from the canadian border to the gulf coast. and meteorologist eric fisher from our boston station wbz says it's not just the cold to worry about. another punishing winter storm is on the way. >> a very cold day to end out the week. it could feel as cold as 35 below zero out the door. this is just the beginning. colder air is on the way. 25 below at international falls, 4 below in chicago. team teens getting down into nashville. as we look at high temps, the cold air in the northeast. frigid air. a few places will stay below zero. by sunday we're looking at 30s and 40s in the southeast. the panhandle looking into freezes. with that anothe
why some are urging fans to skip the film adaptation of the steamy novel. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, february 13th 2015. good morning. i'm alison harmelin in for anne-marie green. this morning bone-rattling bitter cold grips an area from the upper midwest to inland. it promises to fill subzero windchills through the weekend. some will break cold records from decades. it stretches from the canadian border to the gulf coast. and...
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of martial arts novels.n the early days as they were starting taobao, people took on names from these martial arts novels. >> that has attracted young people to work at alibaba. the average employee is 30 years old with a start he -- a starting salary of $33,000 a year. that is more than seven times the average urban worker. >> alibaba tracks young chinese at the top of the field because it is an exciting corporate culture. people feel they can break down barriers and do new, cool, innovative types of things in their work life. >> jack ma is also unlike any tech company founder. ♪ from serenading employees to playing matchmaker. the cafeterias full of photos and names of employees looking for love. right on campus. exit jack ma is so revered every year, on ali day he marries employees and they have ali babies' photos on the wall of those born to employees. >> those new families can get a lower interest rate for their first payment on their new home. over the years, alibaba has also given birth to a whole new
of martial arts novels.n the early days as they were starting taobao, people took on names from these martial arts novels. >> that has attracted young people to work at alibaba. the average employee is 30 years old with a start he -- a starting salary of $33,000 a year. that is more than seven times the average urban worker. >> alibaba tracks young chinese at the top of the field because it is an exciting corporate culture. people feel they can break down barriers and do new, cool,...
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he's written his first novel, "holy cow," which is in stores now.cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: so, congratulations. >> how are ya? saying hi to fred. >> fred: hi. >> seth: he's always good. he goes crazy. he's so upset when people don't, and then i hear it. >> hi, fred. >> fred: hi. [ laughter ] >> seth: so, congratulations on writing a book. >> thank you so much. thanks. >> seth: you -- this is the main character in this book is a cow. you wrote from the perspective of a cow. >> you're right, yeah. i did, yeah. >> seth: what gave you an idea to write a story about a cow? >> well, i was driving in l.a. years ago, and i thought, you know, if i were a cow -- [ laughter ] that's how it starts. >> seth: that's how it started. >> yeah, that's how it started. >> seth: and what was your next thought after if i was a cow? >> i'd probably try to get to india, because they don't -- >> seth: yeah. [ laughter and applause ] >> because they, obviously, because they don't eat cow over there. so, i thought, well, that's kind of funny and interesting. >> seth: t
he's written his first novel, "holy cow," which is in stores now.cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: so, congratulations. >> how are ya? saying hi to fred. >> fred: hi. >> seth: he's always good. he goes crazy. he's so upset when people don't, and then i hear it. >> hi, fred. >> fred: hi. [ laughter ] >> seth: so, congratulations on writing a book. >> thank you so much. thanks. >> seth: you -- this is the main character in this book...
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. >> novel >> novelist will cause swriling controversy surrounding release of new novel. some say leeage you're of to kill a mocking bird never intended to public the book and she's too mentally firm to mack the decision. >> good news and bad news from last night's powerball drawing. no one matched the numbers so you're not rich. that's the bad news. jackpot climbed to $450 million meaning you still have a shot at being rich. that's the good news. the other good news there were 30 million worth of lesser prices awarded from last night's drawing. the biggest jackpots ever was $590.5 million dollars and it goes to single winning ticket in 2013. winning numbers from yesterday's drawing in case you were wondering or care were 5 10, 21 34 58 and powerball was 33. don't bother looking again you still lost. you can see the next powerball drawing live at 10:59 rights here on 6abc. >> market frankford el became the love train today. two exchanged vows in center citych the wedding was part of celebration ever the mural art program lover letter project an ongoing public art project
. >> novel >> novelist will cause swriling controversy surrounding release of new novel. some say leeage you're of to kill a mocking bird never intended to public the book and she's too mentally firm to mack the decision. >> good news and bad news from last night's powerball drawing. no one matched the numbers so you're not rich. that's the bad news. jackpot climbed to $450 million meaning you still have a shot at being rich. that's the good news. the other good news there...
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. >> you've written a novel based on so many of the people who knew your father, a fictional novel thatshowed he was a criminal but showed the black pride that his parents instilled in him. what do you think young people younger readers will get out of the message of your novel? >> i'm not saying that the book will show him as a criminal. the foundation that malcolm had his mother was very much educated, and filled the value of learning, his father was the value of humanity that we are our brother and sister's keeper, his father was killed by the kkk his mother was put in an institution, they did that to many families at that time. malcolm was in pain. he was separated from his siblings. even at that school he was the president of his seventh grade class and when his teacher said what do you want to be when you grow up? he said i want to be a lawyer. he didn't say i want to be a musician or a football player or whatever,ing but his teachers say now can't be a lawyer you're going to have to do other things. malcolm was in pain. he went to boston, he saw this big city coming from this lit
. >> you've written a novel based on so many of the people who knew your father, a fictional novel thatshowed he was a criminal but showed the black pride that his parents instilled in him. what do you think young people younger readers will get out of the message of your novel? >> i'm not saying that the book will show him as a criminal. the foundation that malcolm had his mother was very much educated, and filled the value of learning, his father was the value of humanity that we...
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portions of the novel were adapted to "to kill a mockingbird." even before it's out, it's already number one on amazon. but why has it taken so long? that's a mystery. the author, like boo radley. off in the shadows. david wright abc news, new york. >>> much more to come tonight. up next a snowboarder escapes an avenueilanalanche by seconds. why a falling mountain of snow can be so deadly. >>> and what happened today in oscar news? putting "birdman" up against "boyhood" for hollywood's biggest prize. heart: i'm going to focus on the heart. i minimize my sodium and fat... gotta keep it lean and mean. pear: uh-oh. heart: i maximize good stuff like my potassium... and phytosterols, which may help lower cholesterol. major: i'm feeling energized already. new delicious ensure active heart health supports your heart and body, so you stay active and strong. ensure. take life in. introducing... a pm pain reliever that dares to work all the way until... the am. new aleve pm the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour strength of aleve. when t
portions of the novel were adapted to "to kill a mockingbird." even before it's out, it's already number one on amazon. but why has it taken so long? that's a mystery. the author, like boo radley. off in the shadows. david wright abc news, new york. >>> much more to come tonight. up next a snowboarder escapes an avenueilanalanche by seconds. why a falling mountain of snow can be so deadly. >>> and what happened today in oscar news? putting "birdman" up...
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third, and there was no notice for this novel approach. it clearly did not understand that the primary mechanism for doing so was to reinterpret broadband internet access service to include internet connection. and moreover this shift highlights the endgame it has become not just net neutrality rules in subjecting a thriving competitive regulation in the name of net neutrality trying to use a smart book and a thin line tool and a very large whale. this line will surely break. similarly this item for the first time under title ii regulation, until now the commission has followed this under section 332 of the communications act. and this includes free from commentary regulation as a wired by the statute. today we use a sleight-of-hand to change the definition for an overnight broadband that magically falls upon title ii. in subjecting wireless broadband to this, the majority acorns fundamental differences between this and broadband industries. the wireless sector has developed and flourished in a fiercely competitive environment. consumers h
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. >>> one of the most beloved novels in american literature is about to get a sequel. kill a mockingbird" is author harper lee's only published book. well she's now 88 years old and learned her original book "go set a watchman" will be released. she wrote the book first with the same characters, but scout is an adult. the book will be released in july. harper lee won a pulitzer prize for "to kill a mockingbird" and also won the medal of freedom. so, "to kill a mockingbird" is the sequel. i will buy that as soon as it's out. >> taking us back to our high school reading days. >> thanks for joining us at 5:00. brian williams is next with "nightly news." >> have a good night, folks. >>> on our broadcast tonight, is it a turning point? as isis finds a new way to shock the world with the execution of a jordanian air force pilot. jordan vows revenge for the death of a fellow muslim, and tonight what we're learning about the american woman being held. >>> the vaccine debate. despite a mountain of evidence that they're safe and save millions of lives, the reason so many parents
. >>> one of the most beloved novels in american literature is about to get a sequel. kill a mockingbird" is author harper lee's only published book. well she's now 88 years old and learned her original book "go set a watchman" will be released. she wrote the book first with the same characters, but scout is an adult. the book will be released in july. harper lee won a pulitzer prize for "to kill a mockingbird" and also won the medal of freedom. so, "to...
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novel.rday plans to publish go set a watch man. friends rediscovered the book last fall, essentially sequel to kill a mocking bird which we finished back in the 1950's. mocking bird is among the most beloved novels in history with world-wide sales topping 40 million copies. don't you remember strong read that in high school. >> yes, and she didn't write a lot after that, either. interesting. >> still ahead four alarm fire rips through apartment building in norristown, now, dozens are homeless, we are live there with the latest. >> plus, unbelievable new video out of taiwan, as a plane crashes into -- here comes. >> wow. >> that is truely unbelievable. that could have gone so much worse. the very latest on what happened straight ahead. >>> following breaking news, apartment fire forces dozens of people from their homes this morning in montgomery county. we're live at the scene with the latest. >> plus, at least seven people are dead after a commuter train crashes in new york. passengers recou
novel.rday plans to publish go set a watch man. friends rediscovered the book last fall, essentially sequel to kill a mocking bird which we finished back in the 1950's. mocking bird is among the most beloved novels in history with world-wide sales topping 40 million copies. don't you remember strong read that in high school. >> yes, and she didn't write a lot after that, either. interesting. >> still ahead four alarm fire rips through apartment building in norristown, now, dozens...
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or pretend it to be the great american novel because they haven't read it since high school.per lee publishing her second book. that's after the break. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived... thanks to our subaru. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. [ hoof beats ] i wish... please, please, please, please, please. [ male announcer ] the wish we wish above all...is health. so we quit selling cigarettes in our cvs pharmacies. expanded minuteclinic for walk-in medical care. and created programs that encourage people to take their medications regularly. introducing cvs health. a new purpose. a new promise... to help all those wishes come true. cvs health. because health is everything. (kids laughing) you know i tried one of those bargain paper towels but i had to use so many sheets per spill the roll just disappeared. i knew i should've bought bounty bounty is 2x more absorbent and strong when wet. just look how much longer bounty lasts versus one of those bargain brand towels. and that's a good deal. bounty. the long lasting picker upper a
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