rowling, the imagination behind harry potter, is writing her first novel since she competed the potter series five years ago. and just as her boy wizard has grown up and moved on, so has rowling. as abc's dan harris reports, her new book is aimed at adults. >> reporter: j.k. rowling's harry potter books, about a boy wizard, cast a powerful spell. not only getting millions of kids interested in reading -- >> i picked it up. it was so good. i finished it in about three days. >> reporter: but also becoming the most successful publishing franchise ever. selling 450 million copies. the movies were the largest-grossing in history, taking in $7.7 billion. but her new book for grown-ups, that's a blank page. we don't know what it's called, what it's about or when it's coming out. all we do know is what rowling said in a statement. my next book will be very different to the harry potter series. while the potter books made this single mom on welfare wealthier than the queen of england, can she really make the switch to grown-up literature? rowling herself had doubts herself when she finished the

dean potter is one of the world's top wingsuit fliers. holds a record for a flight in a suit that mimics a flying squirrel. when we caught up with potter and his companion whisper, on home turf, yosemite national park, we were more than a little surprised when he said this -- >> in some way, i wonder if it's healthy what i do. i mean, you're obsessed on this thing that might kill you. >> reporter: there's only one way to get to know this incredibly intense 39-year-old and earn his trust. you have to climb. even with a rope, it was hard, scary and being forced to support all my weight at times on just two toes wedged into the crack of a mountain, painful. >> yeah. nice. that was the hardest, too. keep it going. >> reporter: after eventually reaching a ledge, another surprising answer from a man who insists he's no thrill-seeker. everything you do every day is terrifying to the average person. what is terrifying to you? >> just normal stuff is harder for me. i'm definitely struggle with everyday stuff like balancing my checkbook or paying m

con, "harry potter and the goblet of metamucil." [ laughter ] pro, j.k. into a new phase of her writing. con, the less successful phase. [ laughter ] >> steve: ooh. [ laughter ] oh. >> jimmy: gonna change it up a bit. >> steve: yeah. change it up a bit. >> jimmy: these are pros and cons, you guys. i don't write them. >> steve: yeah. i mean, this is a con. that is a con. >> jimmy: that's a con, yeah. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: i'm pro -- i'm pro j.k. rowling. j -- j.k. -- rowling. not jackee. [ light laughter ] >> steve: isn't that who it is? >> jimmy: jackee rowling is someone different. >> steve: "mm, i'm going to write a book about harry potter." >> jimmy: "mm, harry." [ laughter ] "mm, harry potter." [ laughter ] "mm, listen, dumbledore." [ laughter ] "mm, he-who-should-not-be-named." [ laughter ] >> steve: "mm, he got no nose. how does he smell? terrible." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: "mm, harry, have you seen this man? he has no nose." [ laughter ] con -- we got to have her on the show, man. >> steve: i know. why not? >> jimmy: i don't know. we got to do it

and one thing to be addicted to harry potter another to be harry potter and be an addict. tonight confession watching it happen bank robberies attempted escape neighbors who jumped to track suspects until police close dead. good evening top stories are around the country tonight five people in custody. this is a perfect example of what happened when people do get involved. bad guys get caught and is caught on tape. take a look under this do you see him? one of five suspects in a bank holdup try to hide from police cannot hide >> sticking up for neighborhood >> hand and out at our sot chicago police speed bike chase and five men who had just robbed a chase bank 1 suspect hiding in a bakery next try to get attention to police, went looking for him by that time the guy crawled under the cheap >> put your hands out is what i told them that he did and did not know if he had a weapon or not >> all five suspects now in police custody two of them included this guy are believed to have twice robbed a chase branch on milwaukee today everyone got involved bakery worker even the alert

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the 60-year-old marvin potter appeared in a tennessee court to face the murder charges. before their death, the victims complained to police that potter's daughter were harassing them after deleting her as a friend. the couple's 8-month-old baby was found in the home unharmed. and the washington post report says that authorities have handled other cases where potter's daughter believed she was snubbed by somebody. >>> and in chicago, a teenager was ecstatic when he found his drawing was chosen for this year's city sticker. all that happened when the city leaders rejected the drawing, saying it appeared to depicting gang imagery. the picture honors men and women's uniforms. there are some critics that say that is a well-known gang signal. the artist said no way, just not so. >> our desire has nothing to do with no gangs, nothing. it doesn't have anything to do with no gangs, no violence, no nothing. and it is the picture that, you know, someone worked hard for. and this is the best that they can. >> all right. the teenager is obviously heartbroken over the whole thing. ch

>> the woman who made harry potter is doing something new. signed a deal to write her first novel for adults her harry potter series made the first billionaire offer movies and a theme mark own. no title or release date except it's for adults. you' although i have enjoyed writing it very much my next book will be very different than the harry potter series. >> firefighters show up at a house and see what looks like a plane tail sticking out of a roof. the top stories on the trip across america. >> california an assistant fire chief took a moment to realize the plane had not crashed into a home what they saw is some sort of a skull p fewer. a home the assistant chief says it's berkeley so you are ready for it. four people inside unhurt. >>> arizona a robbery at a mcdonalds dgot a little rough. one had a gun the other punched a store manager in the face. a high school teacher had students inside and she grabbed them and left. >> they are jumping over the counter from the kitchen into the restaurant. i go what's going on here? >> they are all ok

>> we are wondering what his career will be like now that harry potter is over. it looks like we have nothing to worry about. he starts life after harry potter and a house haunted by the woman in black. >> who is there? >>"the woman in black" haunts a house in a village. daniel plays a grieving on a. shelly spirits and slimy body is pounce with spine tingling glee. it delivers classic haunted house screened out loud a moment. three stars, pg-13. good enough to haunt you for a new -- a few nights to come. >> drew barrymore and john krazinsky recreate the effort to save three trapped whales under the eyes. . ice. best bets for the weekend, the decendants the artist, haywire irony lady, and tinker taylor soldier spy. also check out "drive" with ryan gosseling. should have been nominated for an oscar. >> coming up -- it will been caught tim tebow's attention. and some good news from the doctor. >>titan the dog was protecting them from afar. in return they helped save his life. >> now, to an incredible story of one dog's survival. titan click on his own for five years

. >>> plus, hairy -- har -- harry potter's author is back and has something planned for adults.ers today have a legitimate concern about the chicken they eat. they want to know more about how they were raised, what they were fed. we spend a lot of time on the feed because a chicken is what it eats. [ jim ] this seal verifies we feed my fresh all-natural chickens an all-vegetarian diet including corn, soybeans, and marigolds. we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will. no blood meal, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. >>> news around world a 17-year- old columbian girl ended a 40 mile march to deman the release of her father. he's been a prisoner for 13 years and her father who is a police officer is one of six people at the regime they said would release as good will sign. the announce men was made last december but the release has been reportedly postponed. >>> okay. video of the day right here. base jumper known as the bird man is m

i would never bring my "harry potter," i mean my children's "harry potter" books there. [ laughter ]gel10. he says, "my sister has to eat gummy bears two at a time so they don't die alone." [ laughter ] that's a considerate sister right there. >> steve: that's either cute, or awful. >> jimmy: very nice. good, warm-hearted sister. [ cheers and applause ] this one's from @rexboa22. he says, "he wears shoes that are two sizes bigger than his feet to impress the ladies." [ laughter ] so they're impressed when he trips, too. >> steve: hey, girls, i went to clown college. >> jimmy: exactly. sadly, they're only 6 1/2s still. >> steve: oh. >> jimmy: yeah. >> steve: gets his feet bound like chinese ladies do. >> jimmy: this one's from @babyblueeyes. he says, "in grade school, my sister asked me to hold her foot, then she swung her other foot around to roundhouse me in the face." [ laughter ] >> steve: yes! yes! >> jimmy: hold my foot. >> steve: yeah, whoa! >> jimmy: why would you -- here, hold my foot and then roundhouse. >> steve: sounds like she's kick-ass. >> jimmy: yeah, she is. this one

>> dingell radcliff made a movie magic for years as harry potter -- daniel radcliffe made movie magic for years as harry potter, but now he is in a new role. >> if feel good story about saving the whales and an old school scare. >> who is that? >> the woman in black hawks a house and the lidge filled with mysterious deaths. daniel radcliffe plays a grieving in victorian at boehner. cheverly spirits and slimy bodies pounds with spine tingling glee. classic hothouse, scream out loud. pg-13. good enough to haunt you for at a few nights to come. drew barrymore recreate the 1988 effort to save three gray whales trapped under the alaskan ice. an effort that brought political and environmental and global flows together. big miracle, and this reminder of how it would at its best. have a nice weekend everybody. i'm arch campbell, abc 7 entertainment. [ male announcer ] when you're a coach in the nfl... ♪ ♪ ...there are no sick days. ♪ ♪ vicks dayquil. defeats 5 cold & flu symptoms. [ snoring ] [ indistinct talking on tv ] [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] vicks nyquil cold and flu. the nighttime

it has been 5 years since the final "harry potter" book was released.he book will be very different from the "harry potter" series. >>> a death in the oakland hills. police are treating it like a homicide. >>> a u.s. senator and this san francisco pharmacy are sounding out about a national contraceptive controversy. >>> and we are going to go live to our reporter on the ground, the scene of the fire, new information from mike mibach coming up in just a minute. getting ready to plant? chances are your soil is like this: compacted, drained of nutrients. it'll hold your plants... but it'll also hold 'em back. the solution: miracle-gro garden soil. the perfect mix of rich, organic ingredients, and miracle-gro plant food. just mix it in. and turn bad soil into great soil. helps plants grow twice as big. instead of holding 'em back, they'll leap ahead. miracle-gro garden soil. start right. finish big. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside ev

no launch has been announced, but it is sure to be a magical day for "harry potter" fans. nothing like opening the book -- >> it doesn't weigh 15 pounds either. >> true. you can have all seven right there. >>> all right. standing out in the college admissions process is tough. that's for sure. >> indeed. one high school senior is hoping that a little creativity will help her get into her favorite ivy league school. ♪ these high school years will bring me to tears ♪ ♪ when i've only got one thing on my mind ♪ ♪ and it's yale >> that is jackie milestone, the pennsylvania high school senior says she will do anything to get into yale. milestone was deferred after applying to the early admission program. she says she hopes that this video will encourage the yale admissions office to give her, please, one more chance. yale's regular acceptance deadline is april 1. we wish her the very best. >> we do. >> i think she ought to get in. >> an a for effort. >> absolutely. >> you kidding? she doesn't sound bad either. >> no. good luck to her. >>> and that is news4 at 4:30. stay with us

rowli rowling's seventh and final potter story came out in 2011.ce then she's been working on a potter encyclopedia and her adult novel. the title of her book, genre, or release date has not been released. i wonder if it will have the same magical quality as "harry potter" did. >> and no word if she has a line of pottery called harry potter pottery, overstated. >> she could probably market anything and people would buy it. >> it has marketed just about everything. >>> a virginia man has a lot more spending money. >> he could buy the pottery. he's the latest winner in the cash blast. jeffrey jones bought the scratch-off ticket from a store on richmond highway. the truck driver told lottery officials he just stared at the doggone thing when he realized that he had won. he also did not tell anyone about his good luck for a while. i'd keep it a secret. jones opted for a lump sum payment of $628,000. the virginia lottery has four more cash blast scratch-off tickets still unclaimed. time to start scratching. >> that's right. don't spend it all at once. t

this is from our old harry potter.rst movies he's done since the whole harry potter series. yes? >> it is absolutely. this is his first venture out of the gate since harry potter ended. and it's definitely a strong departure from the films. >> so this about, you know, widowed lawyer traveling to his deceased client's home, a woman's ghost is in the house. let's just watch the clip. >> necessity. that would be enough for me. i'm out of the house. all right. well, did you think it was, you know, thriller? did you like it? >> oh, yeah. this movie is so scary. do not let the pg-13 rating fool you. i know that you hate scary kid movies, right? >> yeah. i'm not into them. hate is a strong word. but, you know, it's not my favorite. how's that? >> definitely don't see this movie. you're going to have a heart attack. it's the only time you're ever going to feel sorry for a lawyer in your entire life. so this is the first movie since the series ended. it is spectacular. now the first -- >> it does look like a beautifully shot mo

. >>> "harry potter" has a big role at the box office this weekend.nd ringo has his day on a beatle reunion. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> and a symbol of government regulation going too far. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this friday morning. big snowstorm taking place in the greater denver area. thunderstorms out ahead of that including potential for isolated tor tornadoes in oklahoma and texas. we will watch the storms. the storm heads east but not as much cold air to work so more or less a rain and snow mix from kansas city to chicago tomorrow and plain old rain through tennessee into the mid-atlantic as we go into your sunday. >>> if you're watching us on wvit, nbc 30 in hartford, connecticut, stir up child memories with artists who work with toys in a wide range of medias at the toy stories at the westport art center. that is your "early today" event of the today. >>> here is an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. >>> a battle is shaping up this weeken

harry potter? no, no, no, no. i'm henry. henry potter. wrong. wrong.ay somebody's going to make you want to turn and and say good-bye until then baby ♪ ♪ are you going let them hold you down mangd you cry ♪ ♪ if you hold on for one more day ♪ >> starring robin roberts, josh elliott, lara spencer, sam champion, and introducing, george stephanopoulos. "good morning america," opening right now. [ cheers and applause ] >> i don't know. >> gotta give to it robin. margaret thatcher. come on. >> that was amazing. >> that is the moneymaker right there. >> how much fun was that, everybody? that was a hoot. we're not going to quit our day jobs. >> you are all set? >> my piercings are almost back to normal. >> robin, your teeth are better. >> what were you doing with uggie towards the end. >> just so we're clear, there's a scene in the movie. the dog licks whipped cream off the dog's nose. we don't have time to -- >> nothing you wouldn't do with pajamas on. >> we welcome, george stephanopoulos. >> were you running in flip-flops when you were rung. >> in flip flps

and this is really his first big film since playing harry potter, as we know him.t for him to really sort of establish that new sort of character that we can all believe in. and really the question is did he really pull it off? in my opinion no. >> ooh. >> i don't think so. i think he should have just stayed at hogwarts. >> oh! >> because this movie was not really that great. and we should first point out that this movie was first a novel, which was then made into a very popular play here in the states and in london. the story centers itself around this one ghost who's not particularly happy that she's been seen by arthur kipps, who is played by radcliff. so as revenge she's killing small children in this village that they're all living in. kipps tries to help make peace with her but instead suffers his own tragedy. at the end of the film some people were left hanging on the edge of their seats. others not so much. take a listen. >> everybody in the audience was screaming. and i was just so afraid. i like the suspense. that's what kept me watching it. >> it wasn't

. >>> "harry potter" has a new role at box office this weekend.nd ringo has his stay on a beatles reunion. >>> plus, it is every kid's dream. now some say it's become a symbol of government regulation going too far. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this friday morning. we're looking at an absolutely gorgeous weekend over the next three days here from seattle to portland, medford, all the way everywhere in between. san francisco, san jose. everyone's going to have sunshine today. grab the sunglasses. you'll need them over the weekend. forecast does not change a lot. we have a big storm in colorado. there's no storms heading your way, even into sunday. what a fabulous weekend. if you're watching us on ktuu-tv in anchorage, alaska, see stunning glass sculptures and interpret the unique traditions at echoes, fires, and shadows. >> sounds interesting. thanks so much. >>> here's a look at the headlines in entertainment. the supernatural thriller "the woman in black" starring "harry potter's" daniel radcliffe is expecte

♪ [meow] [laughter] craig: i thought we did pretty well keeping it even on the harry potter stuff whenaniel was here because i was like super excited. i was like hah-hah-hah like you are during the monologue. i was like -- but it was awesome, wasn't it? geoff: did you have an episode there, man? craig: anyway, what i thought was great and what he enjoyed the most is when you did your snake impression. geoff: he got a big kick out of that. craig: i bet he doesn't have people coming up to him doing bits from "harry potter" all the time. geoff: sorry, man. just trying bring some levity to the proceedings. craig: i don't speak the language but if that means you were a a douche to daniel radcliffe, you were. geoff: that makes two of us. craig: we got on well. he was leaving with his bodyguard and i said is that your patrolness? [laughter] he aye carumba! hates me now. geoff: what a douche. craig: yeah. i'm a douche but i'm an equal opportunity douche. i'm a crikey to everybody. geoff: that's what i like about you, man. craig: that's what i like about you, my bony compadre. ,,,, america's mo

jk rowling working on a new novel but will not include harry potter. author of the series has an agreement to release her first adult novel what. is it about? we have to wait to see. they're not saying anything about it yet. >> you'll have to buy it first. >> yes. right. >> it's a musical treasure you've probably never heard. >> this is 37 feet long weighing 700 pounds. >> coming up next a massive pipe organ long forgoten, where it is and efforts to find it a new home. >> news at 4:00 continues in just a moment. >>> if you have a storage room, chances are you keep old stuff because you can't bring yourself to throw out. >> just one room? >> the city of san francisco has a room like that containing a monument pipe organ. this instrument the stiff once offered to sell for a dollar. and what and why this organ is so different. and sarn san francisco palace of fine arts, listen. there are some people who can swear they hear organ music drifting through here it will bring out emotions you didn't think that you had. >> that comes from the very same place whe

those quiet audiences are really listening and in the case of this play perhaps because of harry potter, there are a lot of young people out there, and quite a lot of them afterwards are saying this is my first time at a broadway show, and so you have got to be tender. >> rose: harry potter was a gift to you then because it gave you a new audience. >> yes, well, ten or whatever anal they started reading and now they are like the three actors like all of the actors in them they are all grown up adults so it was a new audience of children, and i get letters from people saying i grew up with these films or these books, they were a part of my childhood. that is a pretty unique thing to have been a part of and i think we are all still processing what that means, what it meant, what it will mean. >> if you were asked to put one performance, whether a film or theatre, and say i am leaving, this is who i was, who would it be? >> that would be a dangerous thing to answer but i am pretty sure that it might be one or two of the things that i had the worst reviews for. >> rose: are you serious? >>

harry potter. harry potter, wink, wink, all right. >>> 9:42.g up, the 6th annual blacks in wax program takes place today. annie yu will tell us about the event and a play that tells the story about people with significant roles in the civil rights movement. >> the costumes alone are great. >> anding aacapella is here. ♪the staple is waiting to talk your hand. ♪ what the droid razr by motorola, now with amazing tools like the hd station. share your pictures, stream hd videos and movies. all on your tv. or connect your 4g lte droid razr to the lapdock and unleash its massive computing power. even seamlessly video chat. all powered by the 4g lte droid razr. droid razr by motorola, just $199.99. and back for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. >>> let's answer the trivia question this morning. rning. after her figure skating career, she went back to school, became an orthopaedic surgeon and was inducted into the u.s. figure skating hall of fame. she is in private practice today at a group called ortho excellence in v

mark potter, nbc news, palm bay, florida. >>> always good to hear. that's our broadcast on a thursday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone. >> we begin with the 49ers, they would much rather be playing in the super bowl this sunday in indianapolis, but today the nfl delivered them the next big thing, a $200 million loan to help pay for the future stadium in santa clara. we bring in nbc bay area's jay gray. indianapolis built that

the couple defriended 30-year-old janelle potter on facebook after she harassed them.lso be charged. >>> a north carolina woman accused in a baby snatching case is expected to plead guilty today. ann pettway is charged with kidnapping a newborn from a new york hospital in 1987 and raising the girl as her own. the girl is 24 years old today. white was reunited with her birth parents last year. >>> three canadians including a nine-year-old boy are safe in hawaii after a dramatic high seas rescue. sailing from mexico, wes james and his father and uncle were caught in a storm that broke the mast of their sailboat. a cargo ship was sent to help but then the sailboat sank when a wave slammed against the ship, plunging the two men and the boy into the water. >> we are going to die. >> i spent the first 20 minutes in the water trying to calm him down. and then we kept talking the whole time. look, the boat is right there. it's not going anywhere. it's coming to get us. we're going to be fine. >> and dad was right. the ship's crew finally managed to pick them up and deliver the

first of all, it's six degrees of "harry potter," which we've all been in. nearly all of us around the table apart from colin firth have been somehow connected with "harry potter." the line, the wonderful line colin has there where he says style appalling and content dubious or whatever he said, it could be the real thing, was a line that le carre wrote down the phone and was handed to colin on a piece of paper and he looked at the line and before we did the take and then he sort of put it in his pocket because it was... it was... one thing... it's one thing on the page and another when you're around that table doing it there was no line for ha haydon and it was suspicious that he wasn't speaking. so we needed in see tu a line for colin. and they said, you know, get the bat phone. get on the line with le carre and he came up with that >> and the line was? >> i've misquoted but it sort of went where he said "the style is appalling. it could just be the real thing." >> rose: is there anything about it that you would do differently. about your role? your prepar

the "harry potter" films were barely enough to move the needle. why do you think the hunger games will be different? harry potter helped but lion's gate is a small, independent production company. market cap at just $1.5 billion. so it takes a lot less to move the needle here. that may be the secret. but there's more to it than that. for the last decade, lions gate has had a volatile earnings history. over the last couple years the company was embroiled in a deeply entrenched takeover battle, which lions gate finally won last year. meanwhile they've built a terrific base from scratch. what makes this movie so big in the hunger games is based on the first boosk a trilogy by suzanne collins, more than 23.5 million copies in print, the thing hollywood loves because there's already a huge fan base with built-in sequel potential. the story is about teen-agers in the future who engage in an annualized televised fight to the death with the winners securing food and other supplies for their home district. believe me, i was skeptical but my 17-year-old tol