sheriff ron bruce, down from colorado, stood a few feet away. >> he looked at us almost in shock.people are taking this serious." >> reporter: how was that for you to finally make that arrest? >> it felt great. it felt great. and at that point, i said, "leslie, we're going to make this right." >> reporter: alex was in school when he was suddenly pulled out of class. >> you know, there are some texas rangers here to talk to me. and i kind of asked, you know, "what's going on? why are you really here?" "your father's been arrested." >> reporter: did you say anything back to them when they told you? >> i was just, like, "why?" and they said, "oh, well, we can't tell you that. we just have some great proof." and i said, "well, it took you four years. what exactly are you doing?" and they said, "well, we just can't tell you that." >> reporter: did you ever think for one second, "well, there must be something. he must have done something." >> all: no, no. >> for him to be arrested, to be going through this? >> no. never. >> we never doubted his story. we never doubted it. we never thoug

ron hubbard. he's a senior writer at business news lives with his wife and two children. can i say just around the corner? anyway tony dokoupil. >> thank you bruce [applause] thank you all for coming. a lot of people in the room have been aware of this book for a long time. it's behind schedule. fortunately behind schedule. we were supposed to turn it into years ago and legal weed was not here. i think much of the conversation conversation -- people wouldn't be as interested in the book if they weren't able to buy this stuff right now. rather than give you a summary of the book which is something i gave a lot of thought to i will just crib the daily news headline. it was 50 tons of trouble. 50 tons was the number of poundage of weed that my father brought in. the on line headline where you have more space was interesting and managed to encapsulate the whole story here. let me see if i can get it. how a genius drug lord who peddle tons of pot became a destitute deadbeat dad with a habit. [laughter] that encapsulated it perfectly. it should've been my subtitle. bruce brings up a really interesting point about the feeling of drug dealers in the 70s