to his left to shane harris who i think most of the biographical information you have in the little packets now out of date shane, since this was published his move from national journal to the washingtonian where he is going to be doing expanded feature coverage for the washingtonian on big media issues like the ones he used to write about for national journal. he is the author of the watchers, the rise of america's national surveillance state and to his left is peter singer who is also a senior fellow at the brookings

to his left is shane harris, who i think most of the biographical information you have in the little packet is now out of date. shame, since this was published and has moved from "national journal" to the washingtonian, where he is going to be doing expanded feature coverage for the washingtonian on big media issues like the one he is right about for "national journal." he's the author of "the watchers: the rise of america's surveillance state." and to his left is peter singer who is also a senior fellow at the brookings institution. and he is a great expert in matters of sort of the future of warfare, including the latest contribution to the come his book "wired for war: the robotics revolution and conflict in the 21st century." and so without further a due i would like each of the office to sort of talk about their books, give you an overview for about 10 as eight and it will go to questions from the floor. bruce? >> thank you. and i want to also read and to rate his welcome. coming out on a beautiful day and talk about and unpleasant subject is or how but for you to be here. 12 ye

shane victor reno. 6-5 final first one of the year. that's a quick look at sports this morning. i'm brett haber. have a great friday, everybody. >>> the gnats' willie harris celebrated the win by wearing this silver wig home this week while talking with reporters. the wigs will go to whichever gnat is named player of the game. >>> it's 6:24. a look ahead at our region's long-term economic picture and why things are look going. things are not good for some poker players. their game became the target for thieves. >>> more shots of the road this morning. do travel early. coming up, howard? >> shorts and t-shirt yesterday, but the jacket is on today. we have a big change as we head to the weekend. i'll have the friday forecast when 9news now returns. hi! welcome to progressive.com. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> we're back at 6:28 with some virginiaians recreating history. this group of civil war re- enactors are tracing the steps of robert e. lee. 145 years ago this month, lee walked 47 miles to surrender to the union army. this group is following his path to