attributes of a samurai. in your opinion what would be useful for us to think about or focus on as we finish the book. we are a third of the way through it. >> one of those kind of questions [laughter]. i will tell you about an e mail i got this entire high school on the east coast is reading the samurai's garden. i started to get 30 e mails. they discovered through the website an e mail which would come directly tow me. i started to figure it out when all the questions were the same. they -- it was the questions which they had to write their essay on. one young woman wrote me and said, i don't know if i have time to read the book can you tell me who the samurai is and where the garredin is? [laughter]. i thought these kids are going to be okay. you know this is our generation coming up. i wrote her and said, you know, read the book. i think for me, because i think every book is a learning process for me. in terms of my culture because i am the first, i don't know about all that needs to be known of both bein

because samurai's garden gave me the japanese culture and to a large extent samurai's garden taught me how to write. how to write in a way that i don't think i knew as well when i wrote women of the silk. it's processes like that is how i judge each book not so much is, that my best book? is that the best story? but it has to do with, what did i learn from writing that book. i have a friend who is a writer for 3 years trying to finish a novel. sent me an e mail. think when i first started writing we didn't have e mail. it's scary because you think you are getting e mail from a friend saying, i'm done and 2 days later you get another one and it says i'm trashing it. i'm thinking how can you write a book for 2 years and trash it. >> i put it in a box and stied it with a string and put it in a closet. that's the last i will see of it. i was thinking until she's gone and somebody gets it out and sells it for a million dollars. of course you are in the situation of you don't know what to say because we have all felt that way. there is a time in the writing process where you are saying, this

police found a stash of weapons including, as you mentioned, a samurai sword, two knives and inkrin naturing notes, notes that read, "jocelyn r.i.p." and "once jocelyn is dead, find a river to dump her." evidence found overwhelmingly shows these two men traveled 230 miles across england with the intent to rob and kill the singer inside her home. a plot that police were able, thankfully, to put a stop to, erin. >> so, erin, what about motive? this just seems so bizarre. >> well, jocelyn was actually not the only celebrity mentioned in their writings. they also talked about r. kelly and beyonce. prosecutors say as to why she specifically was singled out in this plot, we may never know. some of the writings did mention her royal connections.

that five-foot samurai sword would get your attention.gh to beat that one. >>> we'll try with some of last night's nba highlights. we get more of those from espn. >> i'm jaymee sire with this "sportscenter" update. david lee out for the season with the warriors. how would they respond? warriors up three. steph curry, the nice stepback jumper. 17 points in the first half, after having just 4 in the first half in game 1. in the third quarter, curry hurts his ankle while dribbling. take another look. his left ankle twists awkwardly. he would leave the game. but then, he would return. he comes back in the fourth, using andrew bogut, the screen and knocking down the three-pointer. warriors up 14. later in the fourth, warriors up ten. harrison barnes, the reverse jam. take another look at that. a nice dunk by the rookie. warriors win 131-117, to tie the series at 1-1. >>> celtics and knicks. j.r. smith receiving the sixth man award before the game. smith bringing the ball up and taking a long three. and making it at the buzzer. and third quarte

. >>> a man in utah is being called a hero after coming to the defense of his neighbor with a samurai sword. hendrick said he grabbed the sword that he keeps by his bed yesterday morning after hearing his neighbor screaming. he rap across the street to try to find a man trying to break into his neighbor's home in salt lake city. >> if he was coming through the fence here, that's where i true down on him. just came here -- drew down on him. just came here and told him to get down on the ground. >> the suspect got away. but he was later arrested by

a hunting knife and that guy is swinging that large samurai sword at the clerk. believe it or not, he nearly lost a finger in this attack. one of the other guys attacked in this video had a cut to his forearm. but as violent as that looked, they were able to reattach the finger and the other guy only got three stitches from this. >> i think you can see blood on the ground. >> that is blood on the floor. >> this is vicious, they're doing this for how many dollar bills are in the register. how much can be in there? it's not worth injuring someone so much. >>> you think if you get a bunch of people in tie dye shirts, guitars, on a specific day, 4-20, on an unofficial marijuana celebration, you would think everybody would be chill and cool, bro. >> whoa! this is a huge fight at the golden gate park, otherwise known as hippie hill in san francisco, during this annual celebration. watch this thing, it gets out of control and fast. >> you see the one guy goes down in a heap. he gets up totally disoriented. i can't tell from this video who is fighting who, what started t

a man stops mugging not with a gun but with a chop stick and a samurai sword. that story just ahead. >>> plus, surveillance video so bad that one bay area city has gone high def with crime cameras and made them mandatory downtown. we'll have that story. >>> and new you details on the boston marathon bombings why they were not as ready for a showdown with police during the manhunt as we tho the humble back seat. we believe it can be the most valuable real estate on earth. ♪ that's why we designed our newest subaru from the back seat forward. introducing the all-new, completely restyled subaru forester. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. they went to a sleep number store. the only place in the world you'll find the sleep number bed with dual air technology. it allows you to adjust to the support your body needs. each of your bodies. you'll only find sleep number at one of our over 400 stores nationwide, where right now, save $400 on the only memory foam bed that adjusts to each of you. plus special financing on all beds! sleep number. comfort. individualiz

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>> samurai bishop. we have brand-new pictures out of st. louis. josh told you about the flooding at the top of the show in the news segment. take a look at this because, now, the new watches and warnings have been extended along the mississippi river. from st. louis to baton rouge. all of the swollen water here has to drain down the mississippi. the next few days into next week, that's what's going to happen. there's more snow melt. that's why you see fargo in that area have watches and warnings out, for what will happen with the warmer air tomorrow, next week. speaking of warmer air, philly at 72. new york at 70. washington at 75. raleigh at 77. rain moves in tonight. but it's a gorgeous day today. here's where cool air is around the country. dallas, it's a little chilly this morning. in the next half hour, we'll show you how this gets taken care of working into next week, with some milder temperatures. >> rain moves out of chicagoland today. but not before making it their wettest april on record. >> wow. all right, sam. thank you so much. >>> an

the evidence against them included a samurai sword, body bags and notes that suggest stone was not they celebrity in their sights. erin mcglocklin is out front. what can you tell us about this plot? >> the evidence in this case pretty incriminating both kevin liverpool and junior bradshaw arrested within miles of the singer's home inside their car. police found a stash of weapons including, as you mentioned, a samurai sword, two knives and inkrin naturing notes, notes that read, "jocelyn r.i.p." and "once jocelyn is dead, find a river to dump her." evidence found overwhelmingly shows these two men traveled 230 miles across england with the intent to rob and kill the singer inside her home. a plot that police were able, thankfully, to put a stop to, erin. >> so, erin, what about motive? this just seems so bizarre. >> well, jocelyn was actually not the only celebrity mentioned in their writings. they also talked about r. kelly and beyonce. prosecutors say as to why she specifically was singled out in this plot, we may never know. some of the writings did mention her royal connections. sh

a mormon wielding a samurai sword defended his neighbors in salt lake city.woman who lived nearby was attacked by a man outside her home so that's when the man who teaches martial arts grabbed that samurai sword and chased him away. during the chase, the man apparently dropped his chapstick on the ground. >> i said, ha! i have your dna and your license plate. you are done. >> not messing with that guy. the suspect eventually turned himself in to the cops. he is charged with trespassing attempted burglary and a violation of a stalking injunction. >>> it was something bad that one store owner decided to put bang into his own favor. >> a surveillance camera captured an attempted break-in at a grocery store and that was used to make an ad like this. [ music ] >> meats and groceries, awashed winning new york style pastrami so good some people will do just about anything to get more. >> oh, boy. redding store owners are getting a lot of attention thanks to this ad. after an unsuccessful break-in at the store, the owners turned the video over to their marketing pers

. >>> a mormon bishop wielding a samurai sword came to the defense of a neighbor in salt lake city. >op's son alerted his dad that a woman who lived nearby was being attacked by a man outside her home. that's when the bishop, who also teaches martial arts, grabbed a samurai sword and chased the man away. during the chase, the man apparently dropped his chapstick on the ground. >> i said, ha, i have your dna and i have your license plate. you are done! >> there you go. the suspect ended up turning himself in to police. he is now charged with trespass, attempted burglary and violation of a stalking injunction. >> sure he's a bishop or a cop? >> maybe both. >> run into that guy. >>> 5:50. a new way to flirt in flight. virgin america is launching a service to help singles score. >> and it looks like a giant seagull flying over bay area bridges. how this strange flying machine could make history. >> [ male announcer ] every day, your car takes you to work, school, practice, dance class, shopping, and more. so do something nice for it. >>> how about a little baseball? the giants against the

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mormon bishop with a samurai sword. also martial arts instructor in salt lake city.earest weapon in sight his samurai. >> he was coming through the fence here, that's where i drew down on him and just came here like this and told him to get down on the ground. accept shep the attacker ran away. seemed the suspect dropped chapstick at the scene so the bishops yelled out i have got your d.n.a. so you are done. sure enough the suspect turned him in to the cops. number five blackberry announcing skype video chatting to new line of phones. number 4. officials say the only survivor the avalanche that killed five snowboarders in colorado last weekend was buried for hours with just one arm above the surface. number three, the father of the boston bombing suspect says he will come to the united states with the boy's mother in the coming days. sources tell fox news the explosives used in that bombing show similar traits to low grade fireworks. and number one, new forensic analysis also shows that the boston bombs most likely used components from remote controlled toy cars for

tenny himself carries a scar from being slashed with a samurai sword and taking a bayonet in the leg.topped, you were killed. if you had to defecate, you were killed. if you just couldn't take another step, you were killed. they killed you for no reason except for the fact you did not move. the whole goal was to number one, stay on your feet. number two, keep moving. >> unlike many of his buddies, tenny made it to that concentration camp. because he was strong, his captors eventually shipped him to work in the japanese coal mines where he remained until world war ii ended on august 15, 1945. >> that was a feeling of freedom that you can't ever describe. >> after the war, tenny went to college. he became a professor of economics. and he wrote a book about his experiences. after he left teaching, he and his wife moved to the retirement community near la jolla, california. he never stopped thinking about his days of war, the loneliness, the fear, that's one of the reasons he started sending packages to the troops. to let them know that someone somewhere is thinking about them. >> when i

give an ultimate challenge to every member and teach them the valuable lesson of working together samurai go on a look at what matters now is to be a team and we're not thinking of anything else at the moment except making it to the north pole that's our responsibility and we need to make sure we do it my mom was worried just me if i really wanted to do it but my dad was very supportive and encouraged me he said if you want to go for it and so did other people on saturday the band of adventurous were flown by helicopter to their base camp borneo on an ice floe need to the pole as we speak they're making a little bit of history and will come back with this story as rare and thrilling as this life changing experience. chose r.t. . and finally with the winter sporting season coming to a close all the next olympic venues have now been put to the test with over nine months to go until russia's first winter games in the black sea resort of sochi what about django has the details. well with just over three days now to go until the start of the twenty second winter games the twenty twelve twenty

>>> meet the samurai sword-wielding bishop that sent off a mugger with his weapon.ow this barefoot father of six stopped a stalker in his tracks. >>> and the little record-breakers causing big baby fever. dancing in the streets to a chubby-cheeked beat. why these tots are quickly becoming the most popular babies in the world this morning. ♪ >>> and good morning, america. robin off today. she'll be back tomorrow. great to have elizabeth vargas here. we have a lot to get to this morning, including the latest on the boston bombing investigation. >> abc's brian ross has been reporting on the story from the very start. he's back from boston in new york. and will join us in the studio with brand-new details on the younger suspect and whether he was a jihadist or a brianwashed teenager. >>> let's get to the exclusive account of the owner of the boat where he tried to hide. dan harris is in boston. good morning, dan. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. dave henneberry lives on this street behind me. it's still blocked off as a crime scene. henneberry became an instant

that then 18-year-old alexander stormed into the high school in san mateo wielding a chain saw, a samurai sword and ten pipe bombs. jeff gilbert was one who helped tackle and hold him down until police arrived preventing what could have been a l high school tragedy. >> we were fortunate to avoid serious violence. >> reporter: four years later. >> walke talkes in every classroom, we've done a lot of that in terms of security have you added cameras, guards or anything like that. >> not guards. we have security cameras, which act as a deterrent. the students know they are there, and they know we see things that happen. happen. we don't have security additional like a school resource officer at this time. >> reporter: one of the reasons is money. >> a lot of the cities and police forces were forced to cut the traditional resource are officer programs. >> the sheriff's office we have six but we have to cover 64 schools. >> reporter: much of the emphasis was on student mental health, how to spot warning signs of possible violence. there there are gaps. >> there are certain structural things in

his neighbors call a mormon bishop after using his samurai sword to scare off a mugger.ructor in utah. his son yelled someone was attacking a woman outside his house. he grabbed his 29-inch blade and rushed out to help. >> he was coming through the fence where i drew down on him and just came like this and told him to get down on the ground. >> shepard: he did that. he says the attacker ran off and drove off but dropped a chapstick so the bishop yelled, i've got your dna and your license and you're done. the suspect surrendered to police an hour later. >>> then there's this before we wrap it up. a store owner in california turned an attempted burglary into a moneymaker. look. ♪ >> meats and groceries, award-winning new york stye pastrami. so good, some people will do just about anything. >> the store owner got hundreds of thousands of dollars of free exposure. it only cost $500 to fix the

dressed in a black jacket, camouflage pants and dark shades, tony allison wields a samurai sword in aection. cornered, the man refuses to surrender his weapon without a fight. allison says he's possessed by the devil, and is ready to kill the demons who haunt him. >> talked about his name being apollo. he talked about satan. he talked about his brothers in russia and china. but he never really engaged the negotiator. >> the spectacle draws a crowd of onlookers and captures the attention of local news station. they record allison brandishing his sword with no sign of letting up. during the course of the standoff police attempt several nonlethal strategies from rubber bullets to pepper spray and mace. but nothing deters him. after 11 hours the police try one more approach. they use a fire house to spray allison with cold water, hoping that he will lose his grip on the sword. when that doesn't work, they turn the water pressure up full blast. allison loses his balance and falls to the ground. police officers use a ladder to subdue him, then pry the sword from his hand. after the intense

foster unity and cooperation--is an unlikely choice, and not just because he's a sir rather than a samurai have the typical resume of a ceo. no mba. >> no. >> you're kind of a rare bird. >> "odd," i think, is probably the word. >> but you're very un-ceo-like. >> i don't have a financial background. i mean, i never-- i used to deliberately say that i never want to be in management. i still don't know how i got into management in the first place. >> born in wales, he lived in a house with no electricity then won a scholarship to a fancy boys' school in england and went on to college at oxford. yome t when you were, what, 20...? >> 2. >> 2. >> right. >> you were an englishman. you arrived in new york, you got a job, and you were drafted, and you went and fought for the united states in vietnam. >> i would use the word "fought" loosely. >> served. >> i served. >> you served. but you weren't an american citizen. >> nope. >> why did you do that? >> because i'm too stubborn. i was too stubborn to go back. it was my great adventure, coming over to america with $200 in my pocket and looking for wor

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. >>> a man in utah is being called a hero after coming to the defense of his neighbor with a samuraird. hendrick said he grabbed the sword that he keeps by his bed yesterday morning after hearing his neighbor screaming. he rap across the street to try to find a man trying to break into his neighbor's home in salt lake city. >> if he was coming through the fence here, that's where i true down on him. just came here -- drew down on him. just came here and told him to get down on the ground. >> the suspect got away. but he was later arrested by police. hendricks says he's practiced martial arts for decades, even owns his own studio but this was the first time he ever used his actual training to defend someone. pretty dramatic. >> all right. 8:19. the associated press has returned to twitter after a hacking incident. we'll have more on the fallout from this breach. >>> and we're looking out the window now. things are gonna cool down around the bay area. steve's warning you. he will be back to tell us what kind of temperatures you can expect today. >>> good morning. san mateo bridge is a

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his book, the samurai, should america ad dubbed the gun controls of other democracies, named book of the american society of criminology, the division of international chronology. as a president -- i'm sorry, as a resident of colorado and expert on firearms policy, dave will bring an interesting and resource viewpoint on the issue of control from the point of view of a colorado and seeing all these gun laws being made right here at home under our goldome. trevor burris is a research fellow at the cato institute's center for constitutional studies based in washington d.c. his research interests include constitutional and criminal law. his work is appeared in several newspapers, magazines, and law reviews. he has ties to the state of colorado and holds a b.a. in philosophy from the university of colorado at boulder. the age a be from the university of denver. the college of law. often they go to expert by the washington d.c. media on virus policy, background is an inspector explaining laws being proposed at the national level today. last but certainly not least, a police officer who sh