saunders shouldn't have touched her. and she shouldn't have had her hood on. >> we reached out to mr. saunders and the girl, neither have gotten back to us. mr. saunders remains on leave while the incident is under investigation. in burke, virginia, peggy fox, wusa9. >>> the eyewitness peggy talked to said he didn't hear mr. saunders say anything about the girl's hair. >>> right now the man hunt rages on as police search the man who shot and killed a baltimore detective. a dc native was shot on wednesday and pronounced dead yesterday. baltimore police say it happened as he approached a suspicious man while investigating a murder. today we learned that his gone had been fired multiple times during that incident. says it's possible that the suspect could have used the gun on the detective. his own gun. the gunman may be wounded. police are searching hospitals and doctor's offices. there's $190,000 up for grabs in reward money. the detective leaves behind a wife and five children. >>> a pastor speaks out after a gunman fire

saunders was disciplined after a opportunity tweeted that he pulled off her hijab. but an eyewitness tells wusa9 that the girl had a hoodie over her hijab. the witness says mr. saunders asked her twice to remove the hood, when she did not, he swiped it off and the hijab came with it. >> i come from like a muslim getting her hijab pulled off is extremely disrespectful. but at the same time. both of them are in the wrong. mr. saunders shouldn't have touched her. and then she shouldn't have had her hood on. mr. saunders remains on leave while the school system investigates. >>> reverend jesse jackson says he has parkinsons disease. the 76-year-old civil rights icon revealed he's been seeking out patient care for parkinsons over the last two years. he says he can no longer ignore the symptoms and he plans to dedicate himself to physical therapy. his father also suffered from parkinsons. we're going to have more on this story on off script at 7:00. we're going to talk to a doctor from georgetown university hospital. about the challenges the reverend now faces. >>> it's b

. >> charlie: we continue with john saunders. >> it's been a way of softening ers between people and breaking down projections and taking concepts and complicating them with human characters. >> charlie: we conclude with macklemore and his new album "gemini." >> i want to hear the song i made and when you find that pocket and your voice. when you find out who you are as a person and that's translating to a record, that's when you realize i have something here. >> charlie: branagh, saunders and macklemore when we continue. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: en branagh is here and won for best director and best actor at age 29 for his film adaptation of henry v and start in murder of orient express with johnny depp and judi dench and penelope cruz. here is the trailer. >> would you mind if i join you? >> you're the world famous detective. >> you're inau

but today saunders wasn't talking." "i don't have any comment." "the private investigator, gary crowe, says reverend gene saunders identified one of those on the tape as shawn eckhardt, harding's bodyguard." "it was -- gene explained to me that shawn was approached by harding's husband and asked to put him in touch with someone who could do some sort of bodily damage to nancy kerrigan." the focus shifted from victim to suspect. "good evening. there is word tonight that arrest warrants have now been issued for the attack on olympic figure skater nancy kerrigan. the charges are said to include conspiracy." "reports continue to identify harding's bodyguard, shawn eckardt, the man in the trenchcoat, as involved in arranging the attack. there is no evidence, however, to support some reports the skater herself is a suspect." "harding herself has always seemed a bit of a misfit in the skating world -- the blue- collar kid who became a champion." "she would be much more comfortable in a pool hall than at a skating luncheon." "h

>> tim: another edition of saunders wonders. if >> holly: you guys make me feel so good about myself, yesterday i wandered over to the ice arena, it became home of thu of m hockey team. i toured a locker room, tried on equipment. the highlight is the zamboni, everybody loves a good zamboni ride, i'm still a spartan at heart. i can see the hate mail coming my way already. >> tim: let's just leave it this way, it's been a great day for the state of michigan. you mentioned bob hooper a little earlier. he always compared him to patto patton. >> spencer: this ground game has been outstanding. >> tim: some of the great legendary radio voices were across the country at that time, similar to someone the outstanding voices in the great game of college football. that's evans stopped by a blake cashman, touched on him earlier. he made that play on a moment ago. p.j. fleck is going to be really satisfied with him as he goes into the film room. >> spencer: what's the pantheon of michigan coaches? >> tim: beau, gary moeller had that period al

every run, we spoke to ben saunders, who is aiming to com plete to ben saunders, who is aiming to completeto complete a solo crossing of antarctica. he started on the 8th of november, so far he has travelled around 180 mile5, so far he has travelled around 180 miles, a quarter of the way. he still has its hundred and 40 miles to go before he reaches his journey‘s end destination. he told us journey‘s end destination. he told us how he's getting on. journey‘s end destination. he told us how he's getting onlj journey‘s end destination. he told us how he's getting on. i am doing at the moment about nine or ten hours of skiing day. currently lying in my tent in my slipping back, so that's the easy bit, but after we've spoken, and will take the tent down and get down and trying covers more distance. going well so far. paint a picture for is for anyone who is finding it hard to imagine what it's like they have in terms of temperature and how you're getting about. we are seeing a picture of you pulling what looks like the canoe on the ice, and are very wrapped up. yes, i'm travelling on foot, wea

bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ >> tim: another edition of saunders wonders.ly: you guys make me feel so good about myself, yesterday i wandered over to the ice arena, it became home of thu of m hockey team. i toured a locker room, tried on equipment. the highlight is the zamboni, everybody loves a good zamboni ride, i'm still a spartan at heart. i can see the hate mail coming my way already. >> tim: let's just leave it this way, it's been a great day for the state of michigan. you mentioned bob hooper a little earlier. he always compared him to patto patton. >> spencer: this ground game has been outstanding. >> tim: some of the great legendary radio voices were across the country at that time, similar to someone the outstanding voices in the great game of college football. that's evans stopped by a blake cashman, touched on him earlier. he made that play on a moment ago. p.j. fleck is going to be really satisfied with him as he goes into the film room. >> spencer: what's the pantheon of michigan coaches? >> tim: beau, gary moeller had that period along with l

. ♪ ♪ george saunders is here, largely hailed as the master of the short story.his year, he released his first novel, "lincoln in the bardot." and the bardot is a luminous feet of generosity and humanism. it is a very pleasing thing to watch a writer you have enjoyed for years reach a higher level of achievement. i am pleased to have george saunders. tell us about winning the booker prize. you don't know. george: i have been getting the message that i shouldn't get my hopes up. charlie: last year was the first time an american had ever won. kenneth: i received my dinner and was focused on applauding when someone else won. it was a nice night and surprising. charlie: did you have to give a speech? kenneth: being a good southside catholic, i had a prepared just in case. charlie: what did you tell them? kenneth: i talked a little about the historical moment we are in and the inclination in time of difficulty is to demonize the other, when in fact there isn't any such thing. the other, if you look at it in a literary way, the other is just us on a different day. olse

jill saunders fashion is a timeless in tucson. says at the worst one that she's maintained her style even through periods with entirely different looks such as the wild punk era and through the one nine hundred eighty s. with their broad shoulders. she carried on with her line and became timeless that way she's also timeless in the sense that she's been in the business for a little fifty years or so she's a bridge hole and remain true to our own style instant or it could be just. her utterly a was recreated for the exhibition mood boards the starting point for collections of examples of patterns materials and fabrics you won't find many strong colors here. as to this but with the stylist dearest that means whatever is not essential is taken out there's not much ornament or print what we see in the background is an exemption that's our last collection she really freed herself really relaxed and hence the prince look at this thing to the book and the books producer and are creating is one of life's great motivators. the museum build

the white house press secretary sarah saunders as you just described c came up with somome sort of an explanation a as t to why te videdeos would r retweeted y the u u. s. presidedent to.s of millions of followers in the e first place she says it's about the issues not abouout the videos themselvs the issues being threats to. usus national security and e need for a stronger borders of course that connection between those videos and those there are no regrets n behalf o of the white house despite the fact. that even number ten downing street even the office o of t the british p prime minister has said that t the u. . s. president was wrong in reretweeting thehese videoes again that came from. a fall rights a racist deputy leader of a political party they might say an extremist group is probably more likely to be the right way. so what do we know about these videos to know where they came from what they are really show where have they been verified. we know the two of them are real and more alas. what happens on screen is what is described in these retweets one is from egypt serve from

or who has made antidepressants so commonly used we were dealing with the dr saunders to do you know we were being responsible and what the real side effects. was chemically altered when i did was done on a cocktail of lethal drugs. just because something's legal doesn't mean it's safe. greetings and salutation. an important milestone has passed us this week arc watchers can you can you guess what it is i can give you a hint it was three hundred sixty five days in the making it will be considered one of the biggest turning points and events in modern world history if you're still haven't guessed what i'm referring to. take a look at my final here. which republican candidate has the best chance of winning the general. one of the declared ones right now in donald trump. america is crying and i'm not sure how much of america but a very very significant portion literally. shine the light of democracy one dog feels like the end of the world that airports now. we're going to and learning how to live when you're not having a terrible terrible dream also you're not dead and you haven't gone

alison saunders.ighter rules on the use of airborne drones are to be brought in next year. near miss incidents involving aircraft and drones are monitored by the uk airprox board. there were 70 airprox reports involving drones coming too close to aircraft over the uk in 2016 — more than double the number for 2015. following the public consultation on this injuly, i can confirm that the government does intend to bring forward legislation with regard to drones. as set out by my predecessor, we hope to bring legislation forward as soon as possible next year including an amendment to the air navigation order 2016. i will be setting out further details on the content and timing of this legislation in the coming weeks. my lords, there are hundreds of thousands of drones now in operation and there were over 50 near misses reported this year alone on aircraft. is the noble baroness and minister aware of the research by the british airline pilots association which shows the risks and dangers of serious acciden

joining me now is tracy and chief energy officer caroline saunders.thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having us. >> let me start with you, tracy. they get together, they go running. there is an exercise component but there's something deeper dpoing on here. >> yes. we prepare young girls for healthy living. we really do that so that we can help them now and activate their potential so they are free to pursue their dreams. >> as i mentioned, you were part of the program, how did it change your life, your perspective on life? >> definitely. i entered when i was eight years old. i was -- i had an experience with a young age at setting a long-term goal. knowing on the first day of practice i don't think i could ever run a 5k. by the end of the season i was able to complete the run. from going from i can never do this to i can't believe i did this is so empowering and inspires you to do other things you didn't think you could do. >> the organization has been up and running for quite a while now. >> 22 years nationally and 13 years locally. >> what

. ♪ charlie: george saunders is here, widely hailed as master of the short story.released his first novel earlier this year. it was awarded the prestigious man booker prize last month. in a review from the new york times, it wrote lincoln in the bardo -- it is a numerous thing watch a writer you have enjoy for years reach a higher level of achievement. welcome. tell me about winning the booker prize. you do not know when you go to the dinner. george: i kept getting a message that it was not going to happen and i should not get my hopes up. charlie: last year was the first time an american ever won. nervous to eatoo my dinner and i was just applauding when someone else won. it was a very surprising night. charlie: did you have to give a speech? george: i did, and being a good southside catholic, i had prepared just in case. [laughter] charlie: what did you tell them? george: i talked about the historical moment we are in and the inclination in times of difficulty is th is to kind of demonize the other -- is to kind of demonize the other. in a literary way, the other

on friday, students walked out of class chanting "we want saunder." a muslim student was embarrassed when the teacher took her head scarf off in class. council on islamic-american relations is representing the student, not trusting the school to properly investigate. the teacher told co-workers he thought the student was wearing a hoodie over her hijab. looking live outside. chilly but nice start. what's your plans, maybe brunch? what you need to know as far as wardrobe is concerned. not fashion but comfort, right? >> exactly. staying warm. >>> and tv host ryan seacrest is on the defense this morning following allegations of inappropriate behavior. we'll tell you what he's saying about it when "news 4 today" continues. >>> 8:41 on this saturday. this is something a lot of folks will be talking about on social media. >> oh, yeah. >> folk on our facebook live chiming in on this. we're talking about ryan seacrest, the talk show host and producer. he is denying misconduct allegations. in a statement to nbc news, seacrest said, in part, quote, recently, so

anecdotal, i did a round table with among others liz ann saunders, chief investment strategist for schwab. she hits the road every week going around the country to speak to thousands of investors. just now detected new people interested in the stock market again, many aren't committing, just warming up to it. given how self-selective her audience must be to hear her speak about the market or sectors, still tepid enthusiasm if you ask me. i like that, lack of warm, love or notty acceptance of stocks as something that can make you money is wonderful for the bulls. if investors were all in, i would have to be very concerned. when everybody already loves stocks, you got no tinder to start the fire as fox sage springsteen teaches us, can't start a fire without a spark and that could be for the next leg higher. finally the ultra anecdotal. meaning me something has changed. strange, i remember different days old days, everyone in the market and excited, i was lightning rod for stocks i couldn't go five feet down wall street without being asked by stocks. guys shower me with names, shouting them

hold it, saunders. make sure. now look at that plane. that's no zero. that's a p-40.ou missed. it's coming back. want to take another shot on it? >> wish i could apologize from here. >> following the identitification laid out by the film and downing a zero. the cope that we scanned for that is the copy that comes from the ronald reagan library. another famous face in the first motion picture unit was clark gable who joined the military to honor his wife who died in a plane crash to sell war bombs. gable received manned of a six-person motion picture unit accompanying the 351st unit to unit. he flew five missions to germany, earning the medal and a cross. he returned to hollywood to edit the film from overseas. it was used in a few notable films, most notely "combat america." he was also recruited to make a film titled "wings up." >> one flying fortress. made in seattle now flying in the pacific. pretty isn't it? it's been flying for 3,000 miles. unfortunately, it's lost. it's this man's fault. his nerve is gone. everything he has been taught has left him. ♪ they have

lake braddock school is posting a hashtag free saunders and they staged a walk out for the teacher. a muslim student said she was embarrassed and infuriated when the teacher took her hijab off in class. he thought she was wearing a hoodie and he is sorry for the mistake. >> tonight president trump is taking a partisan approach to sex assault allegations. the president who was caught on tape bragging about grabbing women's private parts blasted democratic senator al franken. he tweeted, the al frankenstein picture is really bad. speaks a thousand words. but the president stayed quiet about senate republican candidate roy moore. franken is accused of kissing and groping an adult woman more than a decade ago. moore is accused of initiating sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl decades ago. blayne alexander is on capitol hill right now where there appears to be a reckoning on se just quite a moment we're having here, blayne. >> reporter: you know, doreen, for weeks now we've been watching this #metoo movement growing and growing and spreading across the country. it is certainly now her

saunders, took her head scarf off in class. the teacher told coworkers he thought the student was wearing a hoodie over her hijab, which is not allowed. he's on indefinite suspension now. students rallying behind the teacher, posting on social media under >> let's look at our forecast. we have a mixed bag for the weekend. >> in a word, is mess appropriate, doug kammerer? >> yeah, you know, at times of the weekend it is going to be a little bit of a mess out there. other times you're going to walk around and everything is going to be okay like tomorrow afternoon. but tomorrow morning, tomorrow night, that's when we walk into the mess. out side right now not bad. yeah, it's on the cool side but not all that bad. we're looking at clear skies for the most part. over towards friendship heights over towards the tenleytown area, towards bethesda, all looking good this evening. still a little bit on the cool side. temperatures in the 40s in some areas, 47 right now in hagerstown, 50 degrees d.c., but no real cold air right now. we're g

. >> "lincoln in the bardo," george saunders. it came out february. it's a big winner.t won the man booker prize. it's the story of the death of willie lincoln, who goes to the cemetery, and lincoln comes to visit his son in the cemetery, and all the different ghosts are there talking to willie lincoln. it's a little bit like "spoon river anthology"-- >> brown: multiple voices. >> yeah, multiple voices, and also a lot about tibetan buddhism. a lot about american history. it's really innovative. it's smart. and it's a book that pushes you, it stretches you in a lot of different ways. but believe me, you're never going to read anything else like it. >> brown: you know, i interviewed him, and i read the book, and i told him, it's one where i started and wasn't quite sure what i was reading. i couldn't decide for a little bit. and then when i picked it up a second time, i just breezed through it. loving it. >> yeah. it is a profound book. i would say the best book of the year, for my money. >> wow. >> brown: ah-ha. okay. what do you got? >> so, what i've got is a runner-up

british explorer ben saunders is aiming to complete a world—first — a solo and unaided crossing of antarcticary worsley, who died making the attempt last year. ben started from berkner island on the 8th november and has travelled around 180 miles. he is about a quarter of the way to the south pole, but still has 840 miles to go before he reaches his journey‘s end at the ross ice shelf. well, we arejoined on the phone by ben. then, how are you? very well, thank you. i was laughing at the link between exercise and brainpower. i should breathe very clever by the end of this trip. it's a very physical expedition, how is it taking its toll on you? not bad. i'm doing about nine or ten hours of skiing per day. i'm currently lying in my bed in my sleeping bag, so that's the easy bit. but after we've spoken, i will have to take the tent down and cover more distance today. it's going well so far. paint a picture of is for anyone who is finding it hard to imagine what it's like they're in terms of temperature and how you getting about. we've seen a picture of you what looks like a canoe on the ice, and

. >> charlie: we continue with john saunders. >> it's been a way of softening ers between people anding down projections and t

we're catching up with explorer ben saunders, who's making the first solo unassisted crossing of antarcticahe uk's first ever wound research centre could lead to scar free healing within a generation. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. egypt's military says it carried out air strikes on those behind the deadliest islamist terror attack in the country's recent history. at least 300 people were killed including 30 children and more than 100 injured after gunmen detonated a bomb and stormed a packed mosque in north sinai yesterday. egypt's air force says it has destroyed vehicles used by the militants, as well as weapons and ammunition at what it described as terrorist locations. countries around the world have paid respects to the victims of the attack. in paris, the eiffel tower switched off some of its lights in tribute to those affected in egypt. police have released cctv images of two men they want to speak to after panic broke out on the streets of london yesterday afternoon, injuring 16 people. armed officers were called following reports of gunfire at oxford circus

i congratulate senator saunders, let's see how he does when we get to memphis. [laughter] president clinton: it had the desired effect, it was great. was one of the greatest experiences in our lives. the thing that i liked was that people talk to you about real problems, real dreams and they want real answers. how were not interested in well you could badmouth your opponent or what you could say, they wanted to know what you are going to do to help them with their lives. i will never forget that as long as i live. politics, wein keep hearing politicians say one thing and do another. the 92 campaign as i recall was pretty specific. it was put people first. i think the sign said it was the economy stupid -- if the economy is stupid. you are very clear to the american people that what you wanted to do was build an economy that work across america. -- worked across america. that was the promised yo you made. ms. clinton, you can talk about the eight years that you were president and the things that happened across america. you are really clear -- if you look back --

liz ann saunders is chief investment strategist. always good to see you >> welcome to chicago. to impact. thank you. >> let's look back before we look forward. >> that's easy >> as you would sum up 2017, why did the market do as well as it's done? >> the president would disagree with me, but i think the two most important fundamentals that have underpinned this last year's strength were actually inflexion points that pre-dated the election probably most important was the turn in global growth. so all 45 eocd countries were in growth mode and 33 of them were accelerating growth and tied into that were the inflexion point of u.s. corporate earnings so i think that really represented the last year's worth of strength, but i think the liquidity environment which has been so ample which is the underpinning of the entire bull market is still ample. >> liquidity in the form of investor liquidity or in the form of monetary policy liquid the or both? >> well, both. there are still a lot of investor liquidity, i don't want to say on the sideline, but that is still potential fuel for the

i was listening to george saunders before. he has been here a long time. i felt his pain. by the time you get to this point before the end of the book tour, you wonder what you want to say. i thought what i wanted to say, my work has been working its way towards america for a long time. back in the late 90s, i wrote something that was partly set in india and the second half, that was a different america, the new york city i first learned about as a kid when i was 24, 25 years old in the early 70s. the other new york was dirty and broke and dangerous in parts and cheap. as a result of being cheap, was full of young creative people. i found myself on my first trip to the city in this downtown area surrounded by filmmakers, musicians, writers and painters and so on and i thought how cool is this? a city in the south pole, as anyone who knows the city, not very far apart. anyway, that was about rock and roll music and it is set in that place in that time, i have been working my way closer to the present moment. my novel fury had the bizarre fate of being published on september

liz ann saunders of schwab tweeted out a picture, i retweeted it bullishness on stocks, all-time high-- >> speaking of bitcoin -- >> i'm getting a little nervous. not nervous saturday night, my hokies defeat -- >> throws down the gauntlet. >> these two virginians. you know thanks for watching "power lunch. "closing bell" starts right now. >>> hi, everybody, welcome to "the closing bell. i'm kelly evans at the new york stock exchange. >> i'm bill griffeth the end of a newsy week, a newsy day. breaking news this afternoon they were just talking about it. broadcom reportedly exploring a takeover of qualcomm it would be the largest ever global technology deal according to s&p global. we'll have more details on what type of deal this may look like if it were to happen. >>> and according to rich peterson, the eighth biggest deal of all-time this is a mega, mega one

can we use brent saunders instead of evers this is bothering me. >> probably a good idea. all right, fine. so you like tan, you're a big fan. >> it reminds me there's so much going on. >> broadcom. >> what are you doing out there? because i don't think we could stay -- i would be punching you -- >> intel and amd teaming up to take on nvidia, another story today and a reminder of how busy things are on your beat, aetna, cvs and time warner and at&t and sprint t-mobile. >> we'll come back to nxp and the importance of that overall and that's a $38 billion deal that could be in question. these guys don't want it but willing to let them pay 110 but no more. >> qualcomm needs it. >> qualcomm needs it and by the way it would be more highly valued with it and yet the price won't change if they get it at 110, which is kind of odd. >> i know. >> what do you think qualcomm is worth? >> 85, 90. >> okay. this company has got unbelievable intellectual property it deserves-- i'm looking at $70 as the base price over the couple of years. yes they killed themselves and moved it down. but t

. >> so did they get pants ee eed brett saunders >> they got ralph lauren pantsed, black label and what'sting, brett said on the show, "mad money" being the show, they're going to be selling -- they own 10% of this company and they can't sell it fast enough they say they're going to try to sell it without impacting the stock, but right now, they're going to be selling it right now. >> they're running out of room it's only $11.57 to go >> i have a pithy maxim about tesla -- >> teva. >> stocks dprgracefully and fabulously stop at zero. they don't go to minus 5 or do that stuff you know when you play fantasy football and you have a couple of interceptions and you have like minus 3 hmm mm, not in this business, there's no minus 3 >> this thing is starting to put up some valiant-like statistics when it comes to a 12-month decline. down 73% over the last 12 months >> it can't go through >> no, it can't. >> of course, you always think about perrigo and teva and mylan. teva wanted to buy mylan, mylan wanted to buy perrigo. they should have taken every bid they possibly could have and shareholders

let's bring in liz ann saunders from charles schwab, and gabriella from jpmorgan.on one year, what strikes me is how wrong everybody was, not just about the election but what stocks would do under a trump win so easy to find. you find it all over cnbc and some of our competitors. bridgewater predicted a 2,000-point drop in the dow if it happened and look what happened since what did everyone get wrong? >> not to make this a political statement, but i think the primary reason for the move we have had in this period of time were -- was a function of two things that occurred preelection, which is two very important inflection points. one in global growth all 45 oecd countries are growing now. the first time in ten years. 33 of them have accelerating points of growth, and the corporate earnings predating the election it's the counterfactual. it's easy to say the market probably would have done well under any circumstance in the election, but i think those were the most powerful drivers. >> and some of the other predictions, gabriella, emerging markets would not do well

sydney saunders and his wife, rachel, have a tumble—dryer, water boiler, cooker, and washing machine.married in 1956, and have been using most of them ever since. we would be interested to hear from you if you have any appliances as old, or even older, than those. so, if you have got anything, get in touch with your stories and pictures via e—mail or on social media. iam sure i am sure my parents have some knocking around somewhere. we returned to our main story this morning, news coming in from zimbabwe where robert mugabe made a speech in which he was expected to stand down. he said he will stay on for at least a few weeks while zanu pf, the ruling party, hold a series of meetings. let's go to zimbabwe's capital, harare. what is the latest that we no? well, the latest, really, is that that deadline for robert mugabe still stands. from his ruling party, zanu pf, who fired him as their leader yesterday, they set him a deadline of resigning by mid— day to day local time. that is less than four hours' time, and if he hasn't resigned by then they will commence impeachment proceedings aga

and grampa's great escape with sheridan saunders. and sheridan smith. in ratburgers.ings in the book. yes. deliberately so. it is important to have something to say if you are going to take kids on a journey. some kids may take weeks or months to read it. at the end of it i hope there is something to take away from it. this is about trying to make the right choices in life. one of my favourite characters is gangsta granny. thank you. it was based on you. thanks, not yet. i amjoking. that is the most successful book and it is the one that really took off. i don't know if it was the title or the story or whatever it was. it has been a fantastic success and it carries on. and i think that story had for the first time, i think i had for the first time, i think i had all of the elements are needed, it was an adventure story with humour, sadness and i think for some reason it just humour, sadness and i think for some reason itjust took off. humour, sadness and i think for some reason it just took off. luiz you a lovely compliment and you just screwed it up and shoved it bac