i would be set the rest of my life because ray charles was such a mega star.obody called. nobody called. i learned is i cannot count on the books that i have done to generate more work i have to go out. now i have an agent that i love that is also proactive

or a book about ray charles written in ray's voice? and i told him, oh, i would much prefer to read the book written in ray's voice, and he said, then you should write the book you want to read. not the one that you believe you should write. so that kind of changed everything. and then when i got with ray and i discovered there was a kind of musicality in his voice because, you know as you know we learn to speak before we learn to sing. and then it occurred to me, well, if there's a musicality in his voice and when i kind of create his voice on the page -- in other words, when i pretend i'm him when the i of me becomes the i of him, then i'll be sort of making music. and there isn't anything i would rather do than make music. and then in doing ray's voice i discovered i had a gift for it. and i'm not sure what the gift is but it's something about the approximation of a voice. as you know, if you just do a transcription -- in other words, you know the words i'm telling you now, if they're just kind of transcribed and you kind of read th

i would be set the rest of my life because ray charles was such a mega star. nobody called. nobody called. i learned is i cannot count on the books that i have done to generate more work i have to go out. now i have an agent that i love that is also proactive and his name is david. but i don't take anything for granted but i also have to say maybe this is what has kept me as a ghostwriter to work, i like the hustle. i'd like cold calls. i think it is good for us to look for work and explore ourselves. in other words to risk rejection is good for the soul because to be too protective, i will not talk to this person because they may reject me? that is not a. it is okay to be rejected but i tell people if i want to be your book i really really want to do your book so i try not to be too proud. >> host: what are you working on right now? >> i have a contract with tavis maile this is the fifth book together about the last 16 weeks in the life of michael jackson. is a condensed books. >> host: after that? >> i am chasing people after that. i want to do a book with m

ray charles singing america the beautiful here on mornings on 2 5:24 on your friday morning.his is sal's traffic jams. your substitute for this week salex here playing all of your favorite songs about america. songs that remind you about the fourth of july. we want to know what songs are special to you. we will be playing your requests throughout the morning here on mornings on 2. all you have to do is to get us your request is to hit us on facebook, twitter, instagram, with the #ktvu. it doesn't get better than ray. back to you guys. >> it does not. dj salex. thank you so much. >>> although the new york stock exchange is closed for the fourth of july holiday, the dow and s & p all fell ending the week down more than 1%. this is the worse weekly loss in three months. and the financial crisis in that country effected a greek couple celebrating their honeymoon in new york city. their credit and debt cards were declined. they had to skip a few meals because they had no money. luckily total strangers came to the rescue. >> whoever comes to our community and knocks on our door we'

aioli sha requested hit the road jack by ray charles. what a classic.nd this is road trip ktvu road trip is the theme today. if you want to hear a special song, hit us up on social media tvu facebook, twitter, or instagram. >> all right, thank you, sal. >>> a new poll shows people in walnut creek are in favor of body cameras for police officers. nearly 93% of people say they support the idea. right now the city has officers testing two different camera models according to the poll, they believe it will make police nor accountable, improve public trust, and make the city safer. the city's police chief is expected to discuss the cameras more with the public safety committee next month. >>> organizers say you will love it. this year there is even an official chef. that is him. he will highlight local fruits and vegetables grown right on the state fair property. a new state fair app will show you where to get your favorite foods from crunchy veggies to corn dogs. >> you dip it just right and twist as you come out. if you don't twist it right, it won't fluff

chance of showers the moisture calling it from the southwest and then make it this way and then then ray charles whatever is left from the monsoon moisture will take off friday the august 20th percent chance of light showers and a forecast. billon highest moral you will see triple digits upper 90s from brent would ever wear a little below '90s. any one will let craig 89 for concord in 91 for an antioch east bayshore lines in the '80s and with it the upper 70's for most of this region. oakland should get about 77 and union city at 83 degrees. the move over the south bay cities these are going to be under mostly sunny skies again temperatures really running cooler than average this time of year 90 percent clerc 89 for milpitas 88 for san jose. no. this city's hear a lot of sunshine scattered clouds. mill valley in the morning otherwise the temperatures are in the upper 80s close the low 90s and of course there francisco peninsula microclimates keeping things in the '60s for these regions. 72 for downtown san francisco. is 70 forecast for you that slight chance on friday with showers and we're call

ray charles, excuse me. incredible show. >> u.s. air force band behind us.ith the vocalist. it was -- i'm going to tell you honestly, it was like a spiritual experience. >> it was. >> it really was. >> and it was beautiful night. >> yes. >> it started off a little rainy that day and then -- >> total honor to be there. great time. >> you know, something that also happened over the weekend this is crazy. this small plane made a crash landing. carlsbad beach in california. this is near san diego. according to the faa, the plane was flying a banner ad when the engine lost power. this -- look at people playing volleyball. they don't even notice the plane crash-landing near them. now they notice and they rush right over. witnesses say a 12-year-old boy suffered a head injury when he was actually clipped by or a part of the debris hit him. remarkably, no one else was injured. all of those people on the plane the pilot is getting credit for that landing which i don't know what his options were. >> right. >> but it is crazy what all of those people on a holiday weeke

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ray suarez virtual and vulnerable. this time on the programme darryl west of the brookings institution, and rob bex strum charl from the council of the spret are with me. is government a necessary player in moving forward to keep people safe in the virtual world. >> it is. everyone that uses devices logs in. the government has an important role starting with protecting information. some of the dets and agencies need to do a lot better job of. >> yet every time government seeks to intrude through regulation through passage of new laws that govern the space, there are complaints from the innovators, the code writers, machine makers. they say look we can figure this out. are they not as ready to press the world as they think they are. >> they are looking out for business interests, wanting to reduce regulation and costs. revenues and profits. the government has a role. there's a lot of critical infrastructure there that is essential for the safety of the nation. the u.s. government has to play a role and has to work smartly with the private sector to shore up the defenses around the critical infrastructure. the government

charles: yeah, the jets. >> that's two incidents. that's not a pat be earn. goodell's got a pattern. you can talk about greg hardy, you can talk about raye, you can talk about adrian peterson. he screwed up every one of those, he screwed this up, and it's about time the owners take note that they have got a man working against their interests right now. charles: before we go then, lou, let's broaden this out. >> wherever you wish to go. charles: leadership on the public/private side from government entities to these large corporations that seem to be making a lot of mistakes, what can turn it around, or do you have any confidence that it will turn around? >> who's making the mistakes? charles: leadership. i've heard you talk about leadership in corporate america or lack thereof. >> the problem for leaders in corporate america, and i'm talking now about the s&p 500, for example, fact is they are driving on quarterly basis, goals of -- charles: giving me the wrap signal like crazy. >> tune in next -- [laughter] 7:00, and we'll have the answer to charles' question. >> if you have room for me, i'll come on and talk to you about. >> you're a