people such as richard wright and august wilson, lorraine hasn't bury. almost all of their work was devoted to if you think about the content of their work, was devoted to understanding this migration and the impact that it had had on the country and on themselves. it said a whole -- it fed a whole world of art and culture that we now view as 20th century culture, but actually is the culture and art that grew out of this great migration. all of the works primarily of bearden and of jacob lawrence, if you can recall all of those -- are manifestations of the great migration. 20th century african-american, and that's american culture, is hard to separate from the culture of the great migration because it is the children who had been freed from the strictures of jim crow who were four free to -- who were now free to explore and be their truest creative selves as a result of their participants. when you think about jazz, you think about miles davis whose parents had migrated from arkansas to illinois where he had the luxury of being able to spend the hours it

their own personal style, and get when you think about other aspects of greek -- great fiction, richard wrightoss native son, the chicago portrait but again you just have to sense that he represented communist. you don't get a sense that was that matlock that ate hot dogs all day? there something about southern lawyers. they are off watching a baseball game. they are more human to us and they become for that reason much more interesting characters in our. >> robert. [laughter] >> he actually never pass the bar. [laughter] >> but he has a good job. >> his best moment was in the south. that is our point. that's my point. >> that's good. >> it has always been i think the case that if you are going to try a case in the south, you had better get somebody from that town to try it with you. and it was always the case that the northern firm would come in with two partners, three associates and for paralegals, and they would take up that half of the courtroom against this southern, down-home lawyer who's tire looks like it had yesterday supper on it. and a few buttons missing off of the shirt and maybe

and yet when you think of other aspects of great fiction, richard wright's "native son," a chicago portrait. but, again, you just get a sense that he represented communists. you don't get a sense of, you know, was it he ate hot dogs all day? there's something about the way we see southern lawyers, that they're off watching a baseball game, they're more human to us. and i think they become, for that iraq, much more -- reason, much more interesting characters. [inaudible conversations] [laughter] >> he did a good job. >> yeah, but his best moment was in the south. >> that's my point. that's my point. [laughter] >> right. >> that's good. it has always been, i think, the case that if you are going to try a case in the south, you better get somebody from that town to try it with you. and it was always the case that the northern firm would come in with two partners, three associates and four paralegals. and they would take up that half of the courtroom against this southern, down home lawyer whose tie looked like it had yesterday's supper on it and a few button missing off the shirt and maybe mis

. >>> investigators say 34-year- old anthony wright has been arrested on suspicion of killing richard bowler in vernal heights around 9:30 last night. fowler was playing video games when a man with a gun showed up and said he had a score to settle. >>> san francisco's hate ashburg community came together to help those who lost their home in a five alarm fire last week. that's the peacock lounge it was packed today with neighbors sharing food, drink and and music. they also raised money for those who lost all in an apartment fire. one woman who's apartment was burned says she was overwhelmed by tonight's love and support. >>> i'm back here in 10 minutes i have the computer model all teed up and i have some rain coming in here in the next few hours i'm doing to show you hour by hour how it'll impact your morning commute. >>> the newest generation of iphones drew mixed reviews find out what's hot and what's not. >>> apple revealed it's new iphone but it's not the much anticipated iphone 5 model. cook introduced the new iphone 4s. they say the new device may look the same but it now featu

. >>> investigators say 34-year- old anthony wright has been arrested on suspicion of killing richard bowler in vernal heights around 9:30 last night. fowler was playing video games when a man with a gun showed up and said he had a score to settle. >>> san francisco's hate ashburg community came together to help those who lost their home in a five alarm fire last week. that's the peacock lounge it was packed today with neighbors sharing food, drink and and music. they also raised money for those who lost all in an apartment fire. one woman who's apartment was burned says she was overwhelmed by tonight's love and support. >>> i'm back here in 10 minutes i have the computer model all teed up and i have some rain coming in here in the next few hours i'm doing to show you hour by hour how it'll impact your morning commute. >>> the newest generation of iphones drew mixed reviews find out what's hot and what's not. >>> why this woman was called to the stand today in the trial of michael jackson's doctor and what she said about deliveries made to her house. >>> apple revealed it's new iphone

nouriel roubini and richard mcgregor, thank you very much for joining me. >> rose: robin wright is here, she a long-time writer about the middle east. her new book is called "rock the casbah: rage and rebellion across the islamic world." it explores many things, including the social and political changes under by th the region. i'm pleased to have her here back at this stable. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: there is no better guide that i know in a sense to this world that you are writing about who s been there, know the people, those who are huge and large and famous and those who are influential, not necessarily household words. and you have shn some of those people in this book to tell us a story. what's the story you want to tell us about the 21st century and islam? >> oh, i think the most important and in many ways convulsive change that's happened in the early 21st censure i have really this unfolding in the islamic world of change. catching up with what happened elsewhere in the 20th century. and redefining the kind of... not just the political forces but opening up and showing