he joins us from omaha. i want to start with you, mr. powers, out there in nebraska.is reputation of being the ultimate republican state, i remember that going back to the '60s with nixon beating kennedy out there. what's changed in the last two or three weeks? >> well, thank you very much for having me. actually, the nebraska has elected numerous democrats to the united states senate, but as you know, last year, bob kerry lost, so we don't have any federal officers, office holders. and we're having a very difficult time, unfortunate, recruiting, especially for the second cd, where we had a great candidate, john ewing. he only lost by 4,100 votes. but the city council chair, president of the omaha city council, pete festerson, this outstanding leader here in omaha, let me know right around labor day that he had decided against running. and it was a tough, tough time for us. >> let's go to bill hughes in jersey. i know the city very well, i grew up there, as you know, bill, and i want to talk about, your dad held that seat very well, he was mayor there, everybody liked

. >> first up, natalie peterson, she's 28 years old from omaha, nebraska.d us she wanted to look more like an adult. more professional for her job. she was really thrilled when we approached her. take a listen. >> girls, weekend from omaha. we practiced that. anyway, it's your birthday. we're celebrating, but we're giving natalie a makeover. what do you think? >> it's exciting because natalie is at a conference this weekend that we even came in town, and she's one of the hardest people i know. she works four jobs throughout the year and doesn't take enough time for herself and just super excited for this opportunity. hoping she can find a guy when this is all done. >> and she's single. all right. we're going to embarrass you. what do you think of all this? >> kind of crazy. out of my comfort zone, but i like it. >> she's here with her sister and friends. keep your blindfolds on for a second, okay? here's natalie peterson's before. all right. let's see natalie peterson, the new you. take off your blindfolds. she's right over here. >> oh, my god! >> are you r

also strong storms rolling down from omaha. in wisconsin wet weather. we have a snow storm on the way for wyoming. be prepared for that tonight into tomorrow. that is your national forecast. >>> that snow storm is going to get all of the attention in the days ahead. we are going to have the first snow storm of the season at the same time as a tropical storm heading for the gulf. areas of wyoming, nebraska, south dakota. >> seems so early to be seeing snow. >> 66 degrees today and then 30 tomorrow. >>> if this government shutdown continues private sector jobs will also be lost. we'll tell you where. >>> plus about 108 members or 20% of our elected leaders in washington are offering to donate their hefty salaries to charity during the shutdown. . >>> welcome back. now to other stories making news this morning. police say the bomb scare tuesday that shut down the jacksonville airport was all a hoax. a 39-year-old man has been arrested and charged. >>> a biker involved in the motorcycle melee in new york city was arraigned on assault charges. one remains in

. >> oracle of omaha stepped into the ring to defend a wall street heavyweight today. does buffett's blessing make the stock a buy? cramer is making the final call. slick stock. the u.s. is finding more black gold than ever before. oil servicer core labs is on the trail for more. will it push the stock higher or has this well already been tapped? don't miss cramer's earnings exclusive with the ceo, all coming up on "mad money." >>> with compromise in the air in washington maybe we can get back to talking about earnings. who would have guessed the banks would actually be reporting great numbers this earnings season? i'm not just talking about the big guys, not just talking about bank of america which could deliver a good quarter. no, i'm talking about the kind of banks i tend to favor above all others, the regionals. this is key. reporting terrific numbers. jumped 2% on the news. 50 cents away from its 52-week high. the cleveland, ohio based key is one of my favorite banks out there. over a thousand branches, 24 states in the midwest, northeast and pacific northwest. li

omaha at 32. kansas city, 35. back in denver, right around 38. in denver, they saw their first snowflakes falling just yesterday. take a look. you can see the frost and the freeze warnings in effect. you can see the areas of purple. those are freeze warnings. >> that's a hard freeze. so we are looking at the growing season to evened across portions of oklahoma into kansas here today. when the sunrises and it continues to get warmer through the day, high temperatures are going to be in the 60s. it's chilly, fargo 34. minneapolis 46 with that cool air pushing in out of canada. a frontal boundary across the midwest. it's a slow go along i-70. if you are traveling there. the rain is inteeping in out of mexico pushing in over the mountains. a slow go around i-10 around new orleans. that rain will continue to make its way toward the southeast. i think we will see scattered showers along i-95. it's warm, comfortable in atlanta, a high of 72 degrees. high pressure in control there. i think they will see a great deal of sunshine. back to the fall foliaget

we're looking at a significant, dramatic drop from 31 degrees in omaha down to 10 for your high. so be prepared for this. a very quick look in europe. we have a nasty system moving into itsly. naply, you'll see very rough weather with thunderstorms on your saturday. rome at 20 degrees for now. i'll leave you now for your extended forecast. >>> a group in people in egypt is honoring tokyo for their bid to host the olympic games. egyptian travel agents with tie does japan organized the event. an olympic medalist issued a message of congratulations. he placed in the 1984 olympics in los angeles. >> translator: tokyo is a very important place for me. i'm so happy the city will be hosting the games. a japanese embassy joe fission says japan welcomes visits by all participants to the olympic games. he hopes this will further strengthen bilateral ties. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." we'll be back with more news at the top of the hour. so do join us then. thank you very much for watching. tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight, a conversatio

in particular, districts like, for example, lee terry's in omaha, nebraska, he told a local newspapertraight he was going to take congressional pay during the shutdown because he's got a nice house and a kid in college. that's a recipe for political disaster. actually, a democratic omaha city councilman changed his mind after initially saying he wasn't going to run for congress. now he's in the race. he's the democrats' poster child for the impact of the shutdown on a district-by-district basis. >> dave, i know it's fun and exciting in democratic circles to say we're going to take the house in 2014 because the shutdown is screwing them up. i don't buy that at all. i've read you and charlie writing about this. even with the shutdown shift, it's still going to be extremely difficult for democrats to take this over. you talk about voter amnesia, you talk about obama care, the failing rollout, pushing back some of that thing. you've written about, or larry has written about some of this pain is going to be enacted in the senate and not in the house. let's dig into one of the races that co

will reopen tomorrow morning, one day too late for jason demman and his daughter kate who came from omaha that came to see her. >> how did you break the news to her? >> i tried to explain how the system works. it didn't -- that was a little bit tough to explain. >> to get the monument opened tomorrow, the governor agreed to pay the park service close to $62,000 a day, a bill the federal government normally takes care of, four other states have taken similar measures, arizona is paying $93,000 to open the grand canyon, and colorado, 36,000 for rocky mountain national park. south dakota will shell out 15,000 a day for mount rushmore, but utah was hit the hardest, hardest with eight properties after $170,000 a day. governor garry herbert says utah parks are essential. >> the people really make their livelihood on tourism travel h is a godsend to them. they have been designated because of this. >> reporter: all size states are hoping to get reimbursed when the shutdown ends, eddie roth the operations manager in st. louis fears this solution is setting a dangerous precedent. >> the answer, tho

they call him the oracle of omaha. >> attention, victims. >> reporter: uncovered a growing number of allegations that say a company owned by their corporation denies and delays compensation to cancer victims to boost the profits here on wall street. >> it's intentional. >> you believe that? >> yes. >> reporter: she has mesothiolma. doctors say he has months to live. >> i'm very, very scared. >> reporter: when he sued, he never imagined he's take on the buffet empire. his lawyers say a company called resolute management tried to pressure him to accept a low-ball settlement. >> no justice! >> we weren't aware it was asbestos. >> reporter: he worked inside a tower for two decades where unprotected workers sprayed asbestos thinking it was simple fire retardant. >> i had it all over me. >> reporter: court documents show resolute refused to offer the engineers more than $26,000 a piece. the building's owners blamed a failed mediation on resolute's not participating. companies get blind sided too. his client bought an insurance policy from one insurer but got an unwelcome surprise when they

the sage of omaha warren buffet said that not raising the debt ceiling would be equivalent of throwingn a nuclear bomb, is he right? >> he is a smart businessman. people are using all sorts of ways to express the seriousness. this ithere are a group of peope saying this is overwrought and it's not as bad as it seems. the united states has not missed a payment since 1790. some people say that the united states has never missed a payment, that's not true, they did in 1790. that is the best place to park on earth. that's not something to trifle with. it's not going to cause a recession, although it might. some think it will cause a worldwide recession. that's not the most serious part. the serious part is why are we trifling with something when we don't have to. there are other ways to fix our spending in the united states. >> if it's this so bad, why isn't there a move on the part of the markets. before they actually get to the table and begin dealing with this? >> you know, she'll l the one thing that the financial crisis did to us is it ruined our ability to be shocked by big numbers,

were yesterday in indianapolis and minneapolis, become look at how they drop in kansas, denver, and omahathere is some snow in western south dakota, another one to two inches of snow coming down on top of areas that have already seen rain and snow. here is this line of showers and strong storms today. that will continue to push from west to east. so a big storm system that is slowly moving to the east, and will impact much of the midwest and the northeast here over the next 24 hours. that is what is happening now. this line will move through the midwest overnight tonight and into tomorrow. here comes the rain into western pennsylvania. temperatures will try to warm up, maybe into the 70s, and just a few showers followed by cooler weather. >> thank you very much. "inside story" is next. and for news updates throughout the day, you can go to our website, aljazeera.com. and the dow is now down ten.

feel that significant cooldown from 20 to 30 degrees cooler at this time across some areas including omaha and kansas city. we'll see that moving indianapolis into chicago. >> eboni, thank you. we want to talk more about tropical storm karen. we're in louisiana with more on tropical storm karen, and the encouraging news, if you will, jonathan, they just lifted the evacuation order where you are. what's going on now? >> reporter: that's right, thomas. five minutes ago 1:00 eastern, where we are right now in louisiana, they lifted that mandatory evacuation. now it's voluntary. we expect soon to have more people coming into the community. more of thee boaters coming back to their boats. people were ordered to leave by 6:00 last night but based on the latest forecast from the national weather service people are coming back in large part because as we heard the storm is weakening quite a bit. so at this point people are going to be coming back, but we have to remember, thomas, this is an extreme coastal community. people have dealt with serious storms and recently isaac just a year and a half a

a whole 21-degree drop between friday and saturday in omaha. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk worl thanks for joining us.

must be like the tide at omaha beach. oh, no, it's actually really hygienic, creed. it was beautiful. it was beautiful. this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. [voice breaking] and i should have been there. i should have been there to witness this. i could have helped-- i know you're sad about this.

new york city the statue of liberty will open tomorrow one day too late for these two who came from omaha to see her. >> i tried to explain how our government works. it didn't -- it was a little bit difficult to explain. >> reporter: to get the monument open tomorrow new york's governor agreed to pay the national park service close to $62,000 a day. a bill the federal government normally takes care of. four other states have taken similar measures. arizona is paying $93,000 to open the grand canyon, and colorado 36,000 for rocky mountain national park. south dakota had shell out 15,000 a day for mount rushmore. but utah was hit the hardest with eight properties at $170,000 a day. governor gary herbert says utah parks are essential. >> people make their livelihood on tourism and travel this, is a godsend to them. >> reporter: all five states are hoping to get reimbursed when the shutdown ends. some fear this solution is setting a dangerous precedent. >> the answer is not to scrape together local dollars for the government to do its work. >> reporter: jason says he will bring his daughter b

it is going to cool down quite a bit across omaha.ween these two air masses, that's where the instability is the greatest especially through the afternoon and into the evening. that's when we'll see the threats. as i said the snow is coming down across much of wyoming even in denver where we're seeing some delays out of the airport. right now looking mostly cloudy and overcast. but we have some strong storms that have already produced damaging winds and hail across iowa. des moines through kansas city, oklahoma city, the threat for damaging winds and hill and possibility of tornados. it will continue to snow through the afternoon and night as well across much of wyoming and into south dakota where you can see we have blizzard warnings in effect. it is going to be a very stormy day. if you are traveling across the region, you need to use caution on the roadways again. damaging winds, hail and isolated tornados. >> thank you. and thank you for watching al jazeera. i'm stephanie sy. "inside story" is next. for news updates throughout the

omaha, 80. dallas, 91. albuquerque, 79. boise, 59. portland, 53. 72 in los angeles. >>> a new opportunity for scammers. authorities say con artists are using obama care enrollment to trick people. >>> new this morning, mysterious fire. new questions about the so-called safest car after a video went viral. >>> plus, shot through the heart. a man survives a serious nail gun accident. he's explaining how this happened. >>> welcome back. president obama has heard a loud, clear message from the heads of the top financial institutions. the leaders of goldman sachs, wells fargo and other megabanks expressed concern about the shutdown. but they told the president the biggest concern is the october 17th deadline for raising the nation's debt limit. they told the president failing to do that would be a brick wall on the road to recovery. >>> major warning this morning about scammers and the affordable health care act. the better business bureau warning consumers about callers asking for personal information. they ask for social security numbers

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. >> 80-plus degree temperatures from omaha and kansas city to the northwest. 90s across the south. chillier 50s and 60s from seattle to billings. >>> what's apple up to now? a new hire at the company, has more people wondering about the future plans. >>> motorcycle madness. new details about a wild road rage incident. we're learning more about the people involved and the serious injuries to one driver. >>> and hero of the day. dramatic rescue caught on camera as a police officer pulls a woman from a burning car. >>> and welcome back. stock futures are down this morning, despite the markets ending the first day of the government shutdown in good shape. traders sent the dow and the other major averages higher. the belief right now among investors seemed to be that the shutdown won't cause long-term disruption of the economy. >>> the state of new york is suing wells fargo. it's aimed at forcing compliance with the national mortgage case settlement. wells fargo claims it is abiding by the settlement. new york has leveled similar action against bank of america. >>> and apple is giving i

as one independent said in omaha this morning, if it had been a botching match, the referee would havestop the bush/quayle ticket but it did set the standard for political insults and lived on in popular and political cultures since then. to this day, the words that lloyd benson spoke to dan quayle that night in omaha are the words that define both men. >> in 1988, dan quayle had the most to lose and it appeared he did lose the most the night debated the vice presidential candidate for the democrats, lloyd benbenson. >> the only thing we remember is the zinger that lloyd benson go on dan quayle, you're no jack kennedy. >> one of the biggest knockouts in a vp debate ever was lloyd benson over dan quayle. >> i saw senator benson go from someone who wasn't that good to being a great debater on the night he met dan quayle. >> lloyd benson would be proud. >> we'll keep talking about this for a long time. i think to look closer at lloyd benson's most celebrated moment and the art of the political insi insu insult, we're joined by syndicated columnist bob franken. i'm setting this up, selling

inside the mind of the oracle of omaha.ext guest is a stock market pro who has written about warren buffett more more than 20 years. sold more than 1 million copies of his "new york times" best-selling book, the warren buffett way and out now with his third edition this week with more now on the set here. chief investment strategist at legg mason and author of the warren buffett way. >> good morning, andrew. >> we have warren on, just had him on a week ago. we think we know the way he thinks. >> yes. >> i want you to tell us something that would surprise -- something you think most "squawk" viewers don't know about the way warren buffett approaches the investing world or something else. >> i can't think there's anything we don't know about warren buffett at this point in time. i think the thing we underemphasize or basically don't embrace is the fact he's probably one of the most rationalist investors that you could ever meet. he understands how to make money and he goes about it in a very rational, direct way. >> do you th

omaha, chicago on the outside edge of it.ma city, dallas, consider these as powerful as spring storms and it's likely to think that will be that powerful. a big hit of snow behind it. from the mountains just outside of l.a. all the way toward the great lakes. >> okay, i've been taking notes while i'm here. we need two more things up there. more music, more food, you guys. i'm taking notes. don't worry. by the time i get back to new york, we'll have it all figured out. >> sam's on it. >>> coming up, chris brown behind bars. charged with attacking a man. he's headed to court today. >>> and "dancing with the stars," julianne hough's major misstep. the uproar over her halloween costume. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] elevate your style. introducing the all-new corolla. ♪ is scaring up low prices.art october savings event introducing the all-new corolla. this crock-pot slow cookers is on rollback for $19.94. you save $5. halloween cupcakes only $6. fresh savings right out of the oven. hd 4 discover nexxus hydra-light. hydra-light's form

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buffet as a college student three years ago in omaha and what should i do with this picture?e picture of warren buffet offering interesting advice to this student which appears to be the strangulation variety. >> i recognize that. he's the last woman that asked me to take out my billfold. [ laughter ] >> that's what happens, ladies and gentlemen, if you ask warren buffet to show you his wallet. that young man will win both signed copies for a terrific paragraph he sent in there. howard, of all the places you've been, issues you dealt with, what is the most powerful? >> the resilience of people. i don't know if you saw the movie "blood diamond "but hundreds of victims that survived the ruf attacks in sierra leon during a conflict there and they had -- they were offered a long sleeve short sleeve and chop their arms in different places. it amazing to watch these people figure out how to carry water back village. they sliced a little boy's chest and put cocaine in it and carried an ak-47 because he was too young at six. the people have have the opportunity to meet in difficult c

the premiums for the 27 year-old nonsmoker in omaha looking at the bronze plaque and the lowest cost premium $26 per month the barack, '01 hundred $90 per month, charlotte, 18 you get the picture is far more expensive for the young people and the young men. what do you make of it? >> you are right the cost under the obamacare exchange will be significantly more than on the private market. the whole premise of obamacare is to make yonder and healthier people pay more so the six people can pay less it is a bad deal for my generation why they will opt out. gerri: so you tell people do not be insured? that seems like a bad deal. >> we encourage people to make the best decision they can to opt out of the government run exchange and by health insurance that meets their individual lead. they should b the $26 plan on the private market in philadelphia it is $75 vs 195 inside the exchange. >> i hope those policies still exist becse now the government requires a range of services and if you get those policies the deductible may not fit the bill. had you thought about that meeting the minimum s

a colder air masticing over from rapid city to omaha. where you see the difference in temperatures from indianapolis and omaha - they are the areas with the severe weather. >> ross is here with sport. baseball is off to a great start. >> you have to love it. drama is underway. this is the time to shine. in the play-offs everything is magnified and everyone is looking for the next mr october. >> a superstar taking out a tigers player. tigers off to a great start. alex got into the act as detroit jumped out to a 3-0 lead. that's more than enough for sherz , because he -- matt shezer he's king of the hill. he has one blue eye and one brown eye. they won 3-2 in the best of five series. . >> i looked inside, 18-26. it's a good percentage. i thought i had a great change-up. we were able to keep them off balance. >> i took a deep breath. they asked if i was good and i said i was. i needed to get back into the zone with the fast ball and pitches. i was able to do that. quite a few change ups in the curve balls. it was a great move. obviously smi

omaha waking up to the mid to upper 30s. here's the forecast for the middle of the country, very autumnal. chicago, good luck marathoners, you have a great forecast ahead. that's the big picture. >> coming up, we'll check on the west coast because i know ron was asking me in the break, are we going to see the west coast? of course, ron. >> autumnal. >> yes, and it's autumnal. >> okay, thanks. >> i'm not sure what's going on over there. better left unsaid. >> ron you'll be watching football, too. >>> today is football sunday. for million of americans, to watch their teams battle it out, in addition to stocking up on your game time snacks, for the first time ever the nfl is teaming up with the social network twitter, it will create and tweet out some cool special programming for its fans. sarah haines is here with this modern-day technology. >> reporter: this partnership between the twitter and the nfl brings what happens on the gridiron straight your mobile device in an instant. you'll never longer need to be parked in front

the deputy commander of the strategic command in omaha was accused of using counterfeit gambling chips at an iowa casino. that's what he was doing when he wasn't second in command about our nuclear forces. >> meanwhile, members of congress are reportedly coping with the tremendous stress and around-the-clock hours and all-consuming nature of the government shutdown by getting hammered. first reports were on saturday from politico's ginger gibson who tweeted that night that she could literally smell booze wafting from members as they walked off the floor. she said "i am not overexaggerating." >> buzz feed's kate nocera said she you a members of congress run into the liquor store. jennifer bendery announced that every other lawmaker smelled like booze. and the government is set to shut down at midnight unless we address this by midnight. the point is, it's supposed to be after you're done with your trying times. after. not when you're in the middle of hurling your entire country into the abyss. our start up is not making any money yet even though it's the best idea ever. but dress for su

buffet as a college student three years ago in omaha and what should i do with this picture? picture of warren buffet offering interesting advice to this student which appears to be the strangulation variety. >> i recognize that. he's the last woman that asked me to take out my billfold. [ laughter ] >> that's what happens, ladies and gentlemen, if you ask warren buffet to show you his wallet. that young man will win both signed copies for a terrific paragraph he sent in there. howard, of all the places you've been, issues you dealt with, what is the most powerful? >> the resilience of people. i don't know if you saw the movie "blood diamond "but hundreds of victims that survived the ruf attacks in sierra leon during a conflict there and they had -- they were offered a long sleeve short sleeve and chop their arms in different places. it amazing to watch these people figure out how to carry water back village. they sliced a little boy's chest and put cocaine in it and carried an ak-47 because he was too young at six. the people have have the opportunity to meet in difficult ci

a furloughed federal worker from omaha called my office to say "we're all tired. we're tired of not getting a budget till the last minute, we're all tired. you guys need to do your job." i agree. i hear these same messages over and over and over again. nebraskans are tired of the name calling and the blame games. they want to see government work and they want to see it work well. they are not fooled by the rhetoric, and they expect us to govern responsibly. i agree. that's why i'm talking with my colleagues. not publicly in front of the cameras, but privately to see if we can forge a way forward. but i believe we have to do more than just open up the government. that's just the basics. we've got to address our $17 trillion in debt. it is smothering this country. it is jeopardizing our national security and it is a threat to our children's future. congress will soon vote on increasing the debt ceiling. the sixth debt limit increase in the past five years. our national debt has almost doubled since 2006, and our debt limit has grown twice as much as our economy in t

the "oracle of omaha" himself. he is known for not micromanaging companies he buys but insiders are warning that his 29-year-old protege, tracy britt is stirring the pot at benjamin more owned by berkshire hathaway of the it is all the word on wall street. here with the juicy details, "the wall street journal" ahead of the tape columnist, spencer jacob and jonas fax ferris. welcome to both of you. this is unusual situation for buffett. he is very hands off when he buys this company. now he has the young woman who has gone inside the company and is representing him, abruptly you see the ceo quit. pretty much after very short tenure. there is lot of buzz about it. what is going on? >> we don't really know what is going on because it is not a very transparent company. berkshire hathaway is not transparent in a sense what is going on in the back room. obviously was displeased with something. this guy had not been ceo for very long. the former ceo was gone as well. his protege is only 20 nine years old. chairman of benj

dropping down to 31° for omaha tonight and 39 for kansas city. cold air is not going to as far east as the northeast. we are going to stay in albany to the mid upper 30s and new york and boston upper 40s and 50s for the morning lows. snow is going to stay around the great lakes especially as we get through the day tomorrow. you will see it mostly between hudson bay and the great lakes. at 15 10:00 you will see the snw showers. it will be the first good snow for parts of the northern michigan. we have cool air blasting back into tennessee. tennessee around 7 70s at this time of year. you will stay cool and frost advisory in place. staying cool for all of the u.s. this week. ♪ >>> you are watching al jazeera next i'm johnathan betz. with a look at today's top stories. >>> secretary of state johns kerry is meeting with pakistani prime minister at the state department right now. the drone campaign and the afghan peace process will be on the agenda. >>> the ntsb is in the san francisco bay area investigating the death of two transit workers that were

still warm for omaha and chicago.ice day but slightly cooler as we get into the afternoon. >>> with a team of inspectors on the ground, the un security council takes on another big issue. >>> plus the onetime insurance salesman who became a best-selling author, tom clansy remembered just ahead. that's all i have an real money. victoria azarenko >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. a team of weapons inspectors is now in syria. they will begin finding and destroying that country's chemical stockpiles. a team is expected to arrive later in the week. and because syria has the right not to reveal military secrets, the un security council is calling on the syria government to allow immediate access to humanitarian aid situations. the situation is rapidly deteriorating. christian reports on the latest measure. >> reporter: the security council responded to the desperate situation in syria with a statement calling for more aid workers. the statement urges the syrian government to facilitate safe and unhindered humanitarian

i'm kind of convinced if charles was paroled from prison in nebraska, and ended up in omaha instead ofs angeles and tried these things. it would have been impaled on a pitch fork and stuck in a field as a scare you. he was in the the right place at the right 0 time. how did it happen? what i thought i did. you folks tonight, you have heard over and over during the years people's different versions of what happened on the night of august 9 and 10, 1969. ii would tell you there's new material in the book. in the course of interviewing quite a bit of people. including patricia who was involved in both nights and provides a couple of sound byte had never gavin full account of it. she explained it all in such depth with such honesty, such clarity that she ended up answering the final couple of questions at the l.a. police department had about the murders all of these years. there's some new things. but most of all, if it's okay with you. i would like to talk very briefly about four parts of this book charles manson, his life and the world he grew up in. let begin with the childhood. we talk