richard rodriguez.nk you very much for being here. >> it's a pleasure to be back on this set. talk about place, to be back on this set after more than ten years. >> brown: the subtitle here "a spiritual autobiography." in what sense? this is not a straightforward narrative of spiritual awakening. >> it's a record of the years after september 11 and the quandary and the exploration of my soul coming to term with the fact that those men, terrorists on that day that flew into if world trade center were traying. they were praying to allah, which is another name for the god that i also worship. that puzzle, that religion which is so ennobling for so many lives, that intimacy with god can be so dangerous. the notion -- the proclamation why god becomes possessive. my god, began this journey for me of looking at what religion could be. >> brown: in your life and their lives and all of our lives we're talking about praying to religions of the desz cert as you put it. >> that's what the terrorists oddly led me to

richard p. rodriguez.is not the only child born into the family driven to suicide or to fatally overdose on drugs. over the past ten years around 30 have died including the actor river phoenix, whose family were once members. >> when rick and i grew up together, we were born in the same country, the same hospital. my mother raised us both, and -- i just wanted to say that if it wasn't for my family and friends, who have been there for me, i can't say that i wouldn't have killed myself a long time ago. >> rick was amazing in every way. for the time in my life that i got to share with him, i have so many memories from the first time we kissed to the first time we got our apartment. >> these are all his driver's licenses. i kept them all. him as a baby. that's what he looked like when i first met him. he went through a long-hair stage. he was quite skinny at the time. i always liked taking pictures of him. he would always get mad at me. but i am lucky now because i have all these pictures of him. >> rick was

richard lui. >> good friday. it was a no-show for a-rod. his attorneys did show for the final day of his appeal of the 211 game suspension. an arbitrator will decide by january. meanwhile alex rodriguez could sue baseball. >>> saints jimmy graham, a former college basketball player dunking on the goal coach. it tilts left. the grounds crew grumables. new orleans wins 17-13 in a squeaker. >>> used to play with action figures as a kid. now calvin johnson nicknamed mega tron gets his own action figure. it is not any other action figure. it is a transformer. >> does it transform into the shoe? >> it is a three-item package. >>> thursday college football. central florida did not need typical game to beat rutgers 41-17. >>> college hoops. new mexico against alabama birmingham to overtime. another three sends it is double ot. lobos win. >>> in nhl columbus on a power play. calgary loses 2-1. >>> the dallas mavericks wanted to pump up fans so they released a video of the incredible hulk for their game against houston. the mavs pull out a comeback win over the rockets. did you see that movie? >> i did not. >>> inside nba hosts running around t shaquille o'neil slipp >> that's a big fall. shaq

richard, good friday. >> good friday for you. it was no show for a-rod, but attorneys did show for the final day of his appeal. ap arbitra an arbitrator will decide by january and rodriguez could sue baseball. >>> saints jimmy graham dunking on the goal post after his touchdown. it tilts left. the grounds crew grumbling, but they do fix it. minutes left in the game, atlanta down by four. 34 yards needed for a touchdown. debatable decision to go for the field goal. not the td. it is wide. new orleans wins 17-13. >>> used to play with action figures as a kid, now calvin johnson nicknamed megatron gets his own. a transformer called mega ttron and it comes with shoes. thursday college football, number 18 central florida didn't need its typical late game heroics in this one. it easily beat rutgers 41-17. earlier this week, the dallas mavericks released a promo with the incredible hulk. love this. it was to pump up their game against houston. it worked. mavs with a comeback win 123-120. always fun to see those tv goofs, right? >> of course. unless they're us. >> who is that falling there? >> that would be mr. shaquille o'neal. >> over 7 feet tall, over 300 pounds. i think that