christopher perkins o'brien was arrested friday night pre-and he had been sending disturbing e-mail to the white house, threatening to behead the president and/first lady michelle obama's throat. the secret service takes all threats seriously. >> o'brien was found guilty in 2006 for amounts lot appeared -- for manslaughter. he is currently being held in a federal prison. 13 years after 9/11 the world trade center is now back open for business. tenant,crapers first one world trade center replaces the twin towers that were destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. in the $3.9 billion building is now the tallest in america. a virgin galactic space ship crashed that happened last week, investigators are releasing new details on the incident. the feathering system, which lifts and rotates the tail, was activated before the craft reached the appropriate speed. investigators don't know if that is what caused the crash that killed a copilot and injured another. officials say could take up to a year to figure out what happened. a firefighter damaged 11 homes and shut down market street. brianne

. >> reporter: i'm joan o'brien in virginia where polling stations have just opened. we'll be watching key states where republicans hope to win to regain control of the senate. >>> the new head of britain's electronics spying agency says u.s. technology firms have become the command and control networks for terrorists. >>> a call from the united nations that 10 million stateless people should have the right to nationality and a passport within ten years. >>> and a hive of activity in england as gardeners attempt to bring back the bees in england. >>> hello. it will be a nerve-racking day for president obama, as polls open on the east coast of the u.s. for the midterm elections. they have the power to turn barack obama into what's known as a lame duck president. a leader whose opponents control both the house of representatives and the senate. well, if the republicans do take control of both houses of congress, the u.s. system means they could block any legislation they want to in the last two years of president obama's term. one of the key senate battles is in kentuck

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. >> kevin o'brien. >> commissioner president wu and staff i'm coveting o'brien a member of the common wealth club any past history it was the past member of fox two in that position the number of projects issues that i was involved in the numbers in the many hundreds i was extremely aggressor in the group that fought the 8 washington project not only in money but any expertise in this field from my years of being involved with k t view i've observed dr. duffey and the common wealth group i've not seen a club so sensitive from the feedback their sensitivity to the you history of the building and the egging metrological and i'm astonished by their consistency and respond appropriately in changing their plans to meet the demands of people that had intelligent and appropriate feedback for a project i think it's been done i think this thing has begun on too long and tremendous improvement in the area and the building is in very poor condition i can't imagine anything that is better planned in the forest to do the right thing for the city and county of san francisco this has been the histor

he was voted "most likely to be named o'brien schofield." [ laughter ] and here's o'brien schofield."most likely to be named j.r. sweezy." [ laughter ] they're passing that off. that makes sense. that makes a lot of sense. >> steve: it's a very rare award. [ applause ] >> jimmy: next from the seahawks is brock coyle. he was voted "most likely to have been created at a a build-a-bear." [ laughter ] that is adorable. he's adorable. and finally, from the seahawks we have steven hauschka. he was voted "most likely to be the love child of zac efron and miranda from "sex and the city." there you guys go. there's your nfl superlatives. we'll have a great show! give it up for the roots! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's fantastic, guys. we love you. it's been a great week so far. there's more ahead. tomorrow night, coming to talk about her new movie, "top five," whoopi goldberg will be here tomorrow night. [ cheers and applause ] she's a professional. she's the funniest. i love her so much. plus, rashida jones will be dropping by. every thanksgiving, rashid

miles o'brien, our space analyst is with us.fessor hakeem oluese, host of "outrageous acts" on the science channel. tariq malick is host of space.com. i got a tweet saying "that thing was in space for ten years waiting for this. you can't start your car after ten years but they started a spacecraft and had it land on a moving comet." >> there's nile biting just from that whole part of it. earlier when they turned the spacecraft on we were on pins and needles wondering if it was going to wake up and here they are just a few months later and they're on the surface of a comet. and there's not much to do. in the rampup overnight we were tracking this in from 2:00 in the afternoon yesterday. every hour or so they had a check, we're going stop because if something doesn't look right we're going cancel this whole thing and try it again maybe next week. and, no, each check, each little step, everything was green and the lander made it. so we're -- >> the lander made it. we're waiting for the images to come back. i want to bring in someb

investigators say christopher o'brien sent threatening e-mails to the white house on october 16th. o'brien eventually admitted to sending the e-mail but never intended to carry out the threats. >>> angie goff with new information on a sad story we are following out of newport, oregon. the body of a young boy was found in the bay after a woman told police she tossed her son over a bridge. the 6-year-old body was recovered below the bay bridge, which is 100 feet above the water. as officers searched, the mother told them voices told her to throw him off the bridge. police believe the body is that of the woman's son. right now the mom is in police custody. aaron? >>> angie, thank you. no ordinary election day for voters in west virginia. why the results tonight will make history in that state. >>> plus, making sure you're not turned away at the polls. we're showing you what i.d. will be accepted if you're casting your ballot in virginia. >>> a cool start to the morning, but don't get used to it. the changes you'll see during the day when you head out to vote. vote. .our hour-by-hour e

so joining me is soledad o'brien, who is the host of a documentary that we are airing tonight on cnnressive men and policing and timely for what is happening in ferguson, and first, happy to see you and happy thanksgiving, and if we could begin with this notion of why target the business community as part of this, you know, message and call to minorities across the country. >> i think that the call has actually spread out much further than the ferguson prothe testers and also the folks in entertainment, and the arts and media and the regular folks coming together, what they are trying to do they told me is to leverage the platform and leverage the folks who follow them to have a message, and message that doesn't just last a few days, certainly past black friday and when the message goes past ferguson and it is that black lives have value, and in fact, financial value of african-americans, and the african-american african-americans' spending value is $1 trillion and we spend more on media and watch television, and shop more online, and more offline, and so there is a trillion dollars

. >> yeah. [ laughter ] it was like -- i think it was me and eric kenward, and maybe o'brien. it just poured out. it was just a ridiculous idea. he's so passionate about juggling. then when i sent this to kevin last night, also stilt walking lessons. [ laughter ] right down there. look at that. >> seth: i like that one of his friends said, look, your moneymaker is juggling. >> yeah, go big. >> seth: you blow that font out. [ laughter ] >> yeah, yeah. >> seth: stilt walking is just gravy. >> which is odd to me, because anybody that wants to walk five feet above the earth, why would they respond to that small -- [ laughter ] it's a big personality ususally no, no, i want to be up here. [ laughter ] wait, what is that? >> seth: well, i can't wait. you're going to go do a costume change and everything. >> i got to do the whole thing yeah. >> seth: this is great. you got to go back to dance. >> we did it once, first time with jonah hill and then resubmitted three years later with louis c.k. neither of them could do it. they didn't know how to do it. >> seth: it's basically a one ac

jane o'brien there for the moment in arlington, virginia. we're going to be bringing you all the developments and results as they happen here on "bbc world news." just head to our website for all you need to know about the midterms and why they matter. there's a live page running for all the latest updates. that's at bbc.com/news. we'll also have special coverage here on "bbc world news." join us for midnight "gmt" as america votes 2014. >>> going to bring you some other news now. staying in the u.s., safety investigators trying to establish the cause of the virgin spaceship 2 crash. they've given more details about their initial findings. investigators say cockpit video shows the co-pilot moving a lever to unlock the system designed to slow the craft down in preparation for re-entry. this was done earlier than should have happened. >>> there's been a double tragedy as australia's most famous horse race, the melbourne cup, with the death of two horses. seventh place geraldo was put down after a serious leg injury in a freak accident, and tha

. >> the bill o'brien time in office from 2010-12 was just devastating to the states economy. don't think that my opponent can name a single issue on which she disagrees with bill o'brien. she voted to cut our university 50%.m budget by she voted to cut veterans benefits. she voted across-the-board cuts that were devastating to the state. and frankly, she voted to increase government interference in people's personal lives, trying to repeal our marriage equality legislation. in fact i think she introduced the bill to completely abolish also consensus, no exemptions for rate or or even the life of -- four rape or or even the life of the mother. >> do you want to respond? >> i think the congresswoman has merely been parroting what are her false ads that she's running , hundreds of thousands of dollars on tv. in fact, i introduced no such legislation. and when i spoke to my fiancÉ and brother, who are doctors come and a sonet add and they say, surely the congresswoman understands that doctors can always authorize the decision to save the life of a mother, and therefore that ad is

the davis enterprise reports o'brien was mentoring the boy.ht now. >> a richmond man was sentenced to ten years in prison for having sex with a 14-year-old girl. nicholas wetzel met the girl on facebook, the two had sex at his home and in a hotel in may. in august he pled guilty to transportation of a minor for illegal sexual activity. >>> a man was arrested today as police say he aimed a laser at a helicopter. the police chief and his officers zeroed in on the suspect immediately and made the arrest. >>> a plane was forced to turn back after it hit a bird last night, now back in service. sky 7 shows the plane after it landed at oakland international airport. it was heading to seattle after it hit the bird. the passenger took this picture as he exited the plane. they arrived in seattle on board a replacement jet earlier this morning. >>> some air travellers in the bay area hit a bump in the road today when they found out super shuttle was not in service at any of the three airports. abc reporter lisa amin gulezian has more. >> reporter: hi, th

o'brien eventually admitted to sending the e-mail but never regretted sending the message. >>> this just in, our first look at a deadly scene in arlington, virginia. we are about to take a look at pictures from the 1100 block of south emerson street shot by the news4 crew. you can see that they had someone on the stretcher there. two other people there, perhaps someone on the stretcher right there being taken to the hospital. one of those people being another child. this is on south emerson street with 11th street closed between south emerson and south edison. so we have no timetable when things will rep open. >>> angie goff from the live desk. thank you. right now we have four things you need to know for your election day. news4 will follow major races and issues in d.c., maryland, virginia and west virginia. >> we want to make sure you're ready before you leave the house. we'll start with megan mcgrath. mesa? >> reporter: the voter i.d. law is now effect. before you cast your ballot, show a photo i.d. use a driver's license, passport, school or work i.d. to show if it has a photo. if y

. >>> dennis o'brien talked about the need to put guidelines in place and stop immigration services fraudat city hall. he is pushing a bill to offer protection for people seeking to gain citizenship. they too often fall victim to scams. they really just take their money. >>> philadelphia is working overtime to make them the site of 201 2016 convention. and tom wolf joined mayor nutter and ed rendell and others to update the potential donors and ask to make the city a top candidate. >>> there is a new parking option in center city, philadelphia. the philadelphia parking authority, the courthouse garage officially opened the new facility at 15 and arch has 265 parking spots. the entrance and exit are on arch and cherry. it will be opened from 5:30 this morning to 11:00 at night every day. where she connects with some of her biggest fans. when older pennsylvanians make the most of programs supported by the pennsylvania lottery, learn more at palottery.com. the pennsylvania lottery benefits older pennsylvanians every day. inside a car designed we pto connect yous you love... to a world of pos

thanks so much, miles o'brien, rachel, for offering your insights. stick around. there's a lot more to come on the story. >>> still to come, right here in "newsroom" tear gas, rocks and rubber bullets, looks like something out of a war zone but this is the grim reality in mexico as outrage intensifies over the disappearance of 43 college students. cnn's rosa flores has more. >> reporter: pamela, good morning. the parents of these missing students have vowed to get more and more radical as they demand answers. what they're doing now, next. ♪ [ male announcer ] you wouldn't ignore signs of damage in your home. are you sure you're not ignoring them in your body? even if you're treating your crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, an occasional flare may be a sign of damaging inflammation. and if you ignore the signs, the more debilitating your symptoms could become. learn more about the role damaging inflammation may be playing in your symptoms with the expert advice tool at crohnsandcolitis.com. and then speak with your gastroenterologist. e with the expert advice to

miles o'brien, always good to see you. thank you so much. >> you're welcome, fred. >>> meantime, lava inching closer and closer to homes in hawaii. our own martin savidge is getting a bird's-eye view. martin. >> reporter: fredericka, take a look. we'll show you the monster that's headed for main street. we're hovering over it right now. this is the lava flow headed towards kehoa, steaming its way toward the town. more after the break. [ telephone rings ] [ shirley ] edward jones. [ male announcer ] with nearly 7 million investors... oh hey, neill, how are you? [ male announcer ] ...you'd expect us to have a highly skilled call center. kevin, neill holley's on line one. ok, great. [ male announcer ] and we do. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. mm. feel it. j.j. watt? you know there's a game on tonight right, amy? oh, i know, but it's my turn to chaperone. right, but you could do both. how? nfl mobile is now free with the more everything plan from verizon. i have verizon! download it, you can watch the game rig

the davis enterprise reports o'brien was mentoring the boy. right now o'brien is on unpaid leave from his teaching job. the davis school district is taking steps to fire him. >> hundreds of people marched through san francisco yesterday demanding answers from mexico's government after 43 missing students were murdered. a coalition of groups acuses mexican president of doing nothing to stem a wave of murders. the 43 students, including one whose family lives in san jose, vanished after clashing with police seven weeks ago. mexico's government recently announced that they had been killed. yesterday's protest in san francisco comes after classmates of the murdered students rallied in mexico. a mexican mayor and his wife both face charges of ordering those murders. >> the city of napa has had nearly 190 broken waterpipes since the earthquake. abc7 news reporter sergio quintana shows us how water problems are affecting people in the city. >> as crews prepare for the water main break at browns valley road, they warn people they will be affected unti

rachel crane, miles o'brien. thank you so much. you were lucky to go see it. we'll look for your stuff online. >> thank you. >>> and coming up some white house dirty laundry got out this week. defensive secretary chuck hagel criticizes an obama administration strategy. we'll talk to david gergen about what's going on. >>> and an adviser had choice words for israel. we'll talk about the u.s./israel relationship. is it still strong? rise asked people a simple question: in retirement, will you outlive your money? uhhh. no, that can't happen. that's the thing, you don't know how long it has to last. everyone has retirement questions. so ameriprise created the exclusive.. confident retirement approach. now you and your ameripise advisor can get the real answers you need. well, knowing gives you confidence. start building your confident retirement today. >>> well, toes's midterm elections are coming down to the wire especially the battles for a handful of senate seats that could decide whether republicans take control of congress for the final two years of the obama

but when it hurts the people it's trying to protect -- >> starfish media ceo soledad o'brien joins meice officers themselves -- >> the story is very complex. what we wanted to do in this documentary was to try to figure out, what is that line between keeping communities safe, especially communities that are high-crime communities where, by the way, even people in those communities want to be safe but also not trampling on people's civil rights, or profile a young man who tells us he's been stopped at least 100 times in his own community, often right near his college. so his professor see him being stopped by the police, his classmates do as well. we were interested in how the police officers feel about what they're september out to do. the young moms in the community, get a sense what's happened in these communities. what's happened in ferguson doesn't come out of nowhere. there is a conflict between a community and the police department. and this is not something that is -- it's been percolating certainly in ferguson for quite a while. >> didn't just come out of nowhere. you've been

o'brien eventually aitted to sending the e-mail but says he never intended to carry out the threats. he told investigators he regrets sending the message and feels embarrassed. a horrifying struggle captured on surveillance camera. a family's plea for help this morning as police try to track down the man who abducted this woman. >>> and a cool start to the morning but it won't last. we're tracking the changes you'll see in the coming hours with your election-day forecast at 5:11. >>> all quiet at the polls right now but voters will begin to turn out in less than an hour. we'll help you prepare with some of the key races you'll find. after filling out their hogan iquestionaire, aight. hogan was awarded an a- from the nra. but now he refuses to release his responses. the nra opposes comprehensive background checks. they want to weaken maryland's gun safety laws. even support letting suspects on the fbi terror watch list buy guns. on gun safety and terror, the nra is wrong. hogan gets an a- from the nra. on protecting maryland, we just can't trust him. >>> 5:09. back to the midterm elec

he brought walter o'brien. got him to the house and said you have to hear about this.e went on this run together. to see the success and how much people are loving the show. it has been so much fun. >> tell me about ithaca. >> i never talk about this. i believe there is power in numbers and power in collaboration. i believe that managers and creative's should come together and work together in alliance. at the together a group of my friends and it is simply that. it is an alliance of guys who get together and meet and try and help each other build their businesses. there is more than enough to go around. >> so this is a fund. >> there is a fund aspect when we are together. we have ideas and we want to go after things together, we can. >> what is the next big trend in music? what is coming? >> voices. >> you mean someone who can actually sing? >> people fell in love with justin bieber because he was raw on the street playing his guitar and singing his head off. >> how much potential does youtube have to make more? >> when i did it with justin, there were so many people

well, for conan o'brien, teri hatcher's appearance on his show in october of 2009 really knocks him outock triathlon together. >> it was supposed to end with teri racing into the studio, rushing down the steps and coming right here to the finish line. >> but watch what happens when the two approach the stage for the big finish. >> and i'm a big guy. i'm about 6'4" and i went back and hit my head. in that moment i saw stars but i tried to keep going. >> the audience is laughing and conan, the consummate professional doesn't let on he's hurt. >> let's see a slow motion replay of what happened right there. i believe i won. god. >> that was so close. >> i did not win. the winner is teri hatcher, ladies and gentlemen. >> after the taping conan goes to the hospital. that fall was no laughing matter. conan suffers a concussion. back at work within days he tells parents to have their children watch his fall as a cautionary tale. >>> coming up -- a salesperson attacked by a customer, plus a cop with some arresting moves. >> by the way, i do wear knee pads if anybody's interested. >> when "caught

well, for conan o'brien, teri hatcher's appearance on his show in october of 2009 really knocks him out hatcher suggests she and o'brien do a mock triathlon together. >> it was supposed to end with teri and i raced into the studio, rushing down the steps, and coming right here to the finish line. >> but watch what happens when the two approach the stage for the big finish. >> and i'm a big guy. i'm a big guy, i'm about 6'4" and i went back and hit my head. in that moment i saw stars but i tried to keep going. >> the audience is laughing and conan, the consummate professional, doesn't let on that he's hurt. >> let's see a slow motion replay of what happened right there. i believe i won. god. >> that was so close. >> i did not win. the winner is teri hatcher, ladies and gentlemen. >> after the taping conan goes to the hospital. that fall was no laughing matter. conan suffers a concussion. back at work within days he tells parents to have their children watch his fall as a cautionary tale. >>> coming up -- a salesperson attacked by a customer, plus a cop with some arresting moves. >> by th

a little earlier, i spoke to the astrophysicist tim o'brien about the data they've managed to get so. >> just amazing photographs, amazing science that's coming back from the instruments onboard the lander. i mean, it's one of the most incredible space missions i've ever seen. so, you know, 316 million miles away and we've landed a spacecraft on a comet and we're finding out what that comet is made of and maybe even how it might have contributed to the development of life on earth. what an amazing success. >> and we've heard some extraordinary sounds as well. let's just have a quick listen if we can. and can you explain what these bleeps are? >> yeah. it's actually -- it's the sound of the magnetic field of the comet, so this comet has a little residual magnetic field left over from when the comet was made nearly 5 billion years ago. those are bisically caused by we think particles from the comet and particles from the sun traveling through the magnetic field of the comet. rather than watching a wiggly line, that's been turned into sound for us to hear it. >> i gather you've got a mo

newshour science correspondent, miles o'brien, has the story. >> reporter: federal investigators arell combing through wreckage, as well as multiple data and video streams in the wake of a deadly test flight high over california's mojave desert. virgin galactic's "spaceship two" broke apart in flight on friday scattering debris over five miles. investigators now believe the ship's feathering system, which rotates the tail boom to create drag and slow descent, deployed early, and without a command from the pilots. the national transportation safety board's chair christopher hart spoke last night. >> the spaceship was released normally, and after it was released, shortly after it was released the rocket engine ignited. about nine seconds after the engine ignited, the telemetry data told us, showed us that the feather parameters changed from lock to unlock. >> reporter: a two man crew was on board the spacecraft for the test flight. the co-pilot, michael alsbury, was killed. pilot, peter siebold, who parachuted to the ground, is hospitalized with serious injuries but he's expected to re

miles o'brien, pbs "newshour", barrow, alaska. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day, parents of an american aid worker, beheaded by islamic state militants, urged prayers for peace. secretary of state john kerry insisted the united states will not be intimidated. and missouri governor jay nixon activated the national guard, in case there is new trouble in ferguson. a grand jury will decide any day whether to indict a white policeman for killing a black teen-ager, michael brown. >> ifill: on the newshour online right now, more international students are enrolled in american universities than ever before. we examine the increasingly globalized u.s. college campus, that's on the rundown. that's at pbs.org/newshour. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll look at how the u.s. government is trying to cripple the islamic state by cutting off its money. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening, for all of us here at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pb

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soledad o'brien is here today. talk about her new documentary called "black and blue." . >>> stop and frisk. it's a controversial police tactic. it's been ruled unconstitutional but despite the public outcry against it, many say innocent minorities are still being targeted. the lives of many young people fractured by aggressive policing. take a look at a clip from a brand-new cnn documentary called "black and blue." >> i don't sleep until he comes home, quite frankly. the fact that it happens just about every single day is overwhelming and can lead you to lose your hay but then your future ends. >> concern of so many mothers. soledad o'brien is here to talk about her brand-new film. this is an infuriating issue on board for many people. >> and a hot button one, too. often with his professors and classmates with police going through his backpacks and this is a kid would has no legal each. he's never been in any kind of legal trouble. he's very frustrated. we wanted to examine, first of all, what's the impact on the

newshour science correspondent miles o'brien joins us again tonight from mountain view, california. so, miles, what is it that the lander that this rosetta lander is supposed to be doing while it's on the comet? >> well, philae is actually loaded with science, 10 experiments in all, and it can do a chunk of the experiments. those that work is already under way. as a matter of fact, one of the items on it is to determine the magnetic field of the comet, and that device, that scientific instrument, was able to determine that as it was in the midst of its bouncing-- once, twice, and finally landing-- it did a pirouette at one point. that's kind of interesting right on its own right. it's able to send radio waves through the comet which would be received on the other side by the orbiting rosetta and be able to detect some key features of the surfar, the constituency and makeup of the surface of the comet. the big one, though, the drill, that's an open question right now, because they don't-- they assume, i should say, that when you drill in to the surface without being anchored, there c

reporting from washington, i am jane o'brien. in space, a team of european scientists celebrate.is the view. after four years of civil war, much of syria has been reduced to rubble. it's a battle that rages in the country. >> early on in the war there were plenty of productions -- predictions that the syrian army would collapse. that has not happened. the soldiers' morale seems pretty strong and they are still fighting. >> as the death toll from ebola tops 5000, u.s. lawmakers are briefed on the response. we speak to a key senator. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. it's not everyday we get to start this broadcast with good news, but today there certainly was cause for celebration. right now i european space probe is sitting on the surface of a speeding comet 300 million miles from earth. it is being hailed as one of the greatest successes in the history of space exploration. bbc's science editor david shukman reports. the news raced across space to waiting scientists who could not restrain themselves. professor monica grady has worked on

the same guy who found psy brought walter o'brien to meet me.be we could do something on tv or film. we just went on this run together. to see the success and how much people are loving the show, it has been so much fun. >> tell me about ithaca. >> i never talk about that. i believe there is power in numbers and power in collaboration. i believe that managers and creative's and everyone should come together and work together in alliance. i put together a group of my friends, and it is simply that. it is an alliance of guys who get together and meet and try and help each other build their businesses, because there is more than enough to go around. >> so this is a fund. >> there is a fund aspect that i put together. when we have ideas and we want to go after things together, we can. >> what is the next big trend in music? what is coming? >> voices. that's what i'm seeing right now. >> you mean someone that can actually sing? >> i love the fact that everyone i've signed can actually sing. justin -- i discovered -- people fell in love with the fact

miles o'brien, "newshour", alaska. >> woodruff: finally tonight, stories of the iraq war and the struggleswarriors coming home. they're told in a collection titled, "re-deployment," which last week was given the national book award for fiction. it's the first book by its author, phil kly, who served as a marine in iraq. jeffrey brown talked with him this weekend at the miami book fair. >> brown: phil kly, hello and congratulations to you. >> thank you so much. >> brown: did you know you would write while you were serving in iraq? >> i always wrote. not about war, necessarily, but i always wrote stories. i tried to write while i was in iraq. i didn't do a very good job. and not about war. but when i came back from overseas a couple months after, i started writing the first story in the book. >> brown: that quickly. yeah. >> brown: i've talked to other writers of war in the past and sometimes it takes a long time to process. >> well, i started writing, but it took me about four -- a little bit longer than four years to finish the book and that first story i started writing, it went through a