sheri fink, what is the timeline of your book? what are you talking about? casco i'm talking about this fire days in 2005 when the levees failed in new orleans after hurricane katrina and water just round one of america's most beloved kitties. looking specifically about what happened after those five days at the hospital. memorial medical center was one of those scary long-standing community hospitals that have been built in 1926. it was the place people went for storms. the staff would go there even if they didn't have to work. they brought along their pets sometimes because of coors you need somewhere for the past. they brought family members and they sometimes even to a coup d'État may not be safe at home. this is a place everyone thought was safe in the storm. >> host: so they would ride out hurricane's? >> guest: yes. what happened was that this has several vulnerabilities that i've since learned many american hospitals do. one of them was that element of the electrical power system. so when the waters dirtied approach in the hospital, they knew they ha

but sheri said it was teechl pensive. she was given estimate of $4,000.e told her she had only one choice. >> sit in the contract? i don't remember reading that >> she read and found no mention she news mu use a particular company she contacted the manager again. >> he didn't respond so i sent him a text message. >> sheri wrote him this e mail saying they cannot afford caterer so they'd have to cancel the wedding and wanted a refund of the deposit. >> he never responded. you know? never wanted to talk bit. >> after weeks sheri contacted seven on your side. we checked the contract. it does say no food or beverage may be brought in except as approved by the owner. sheri admits she didn't notice that, however, it doesn't say about an exclusive caterer. we contacted the manager. he tells us normally the catering food and wine are part of the discussion when a wedding customer commits to the venue. but i don't recall discussing the catering at the time, she signed the contract. as for the refund request, he says, i told her we did not want her to be unhappy co

but sheri said it was teechl pensive. she was given estimate of $4,000.hat >> she read and found no mention she news mu use a particular company she contacted the manager again. >> he didn't respond so i sent him a text message. >> sheri wrote him this e mail saying they cannot afford caterer so they'd have to cancel the wedding and wanted a refund of the deposit. >> he never responded. you know? never wanted to talk bit. >> after weeks sheri contacted seven on your side. we checked the contract. it does say no food or beverage may be brought in except as approved by the owner. sheri admits she didn't notice that, however, it doesn't say about an exclusive caterer. we contacted the manager. he tells us normally the catering food and wine are part of the discussion when a wedding customer commits to the venue. but i don't recall discussing the catering at the time, she signed the contract. as for the refund request, he says, i told her we did not want her to be unhappy committing to geth the refund the refund request fell through the cracks i apologize sev

this is about 45 minutes. >> now, joining us here is sheri fink, the author of t

sheri coming back to brava, here you have this establish, amazing writer who has won a clue -- slew of awards. now she gets to director and work. even though she is this amazing, established writer, the truth is, she is being nurtured as a director and is being given some space to direct. >> the play is described as ceremony and -- where ceremony and theater me. in the indigenous tradition, when you turn 52, it is like the completion of an important era. the importance of the ceremony is to say, you are 52. whenever you have been caring for the first 52 years, it is time to let it go. really, here, they have given me carte blanche to do this. i think it is nice for me, in the sense of coming back 25 years later and seeing personally my own evolution as an artist and thinker. the whole effort to put the chicano or indigenous woman's experience on center stage is, in itself, for euro-american theaters, a radical position. because of the state of theater, it is a hard roll to hold up in institution. it is a hard road. i am looking at where we are 25 years later in the bay area, looking at

let me go to senator sheri brown. thank you for joining us. >> thanks, chris. >> how does it look to save those benefits, the $300 that men and women throughout who have been struggling to find a job can still get? >> it's still difficult, still uphill. the vote this morning frankly was a surprise. we didn't expect to get as many republicans as we did. we knew the democrats were going to support it. it's a question of economic justice. you know, it's called unemployment insurance. you pay in when you're working. you get help when you have lost your job. you got to keep looking for work to get them, to get these benefits. it's as you point out, chris, $300. so nobody is getting rich from this. and most people in this country want to work. i think that word is -- you know, we got some republican votes today. we hope we can get them the next round. it's not at all a sure thing. some are insisting that these benefits be offset, if you will. and we know what that does. in a counter cyclical way, that hurts the economy. so

and physician and pulitzer prize winner sheri fink investigates patient deaths at a new orleans hospital in the days following hurricane katrina in five days at memorial. in catastrophe of 1914, europe goes to war, military historian max hastings details the events that lead to the onset of world war i. katie butler presents her thoughts on end-of-life care and knocking on heavens door. the path to a better way of death. and bush and cheney in the white house, days of fire. they correspond the correspondent for "the new york times" recalls the working relationship between president bush and vice president dick cheney. jessamine ward recounts the depths of five men in her life in a memoir called men that we reaped. for extended links to other publications visit booktv's website at booktv.org. >> now on booktv, william seale examines washington dc's landscape between the spanish-american war and world war i. this is 40 minutes. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> thank you, emily. and good evening. it is a great pleasure to introduce william seale. i have known him for a very long time

. >> sheri, do you know the words? auld lang sign? along. >> why not? >> what about you? do you know? you know, but you usually have to sing that song when you have a couple of cocktails in you. >> exactly. and you think you know it. i will pass it along. >> have a great time and be and happy new year to you and your family. i want to tell our viewers to help watch the countdown here on cnn. new year's eve live and it starts at 9:00 eastern eastern live from time square. all the best and the worst, a look back at 2013 starts now. happy new year! >> from scandals to chaos. >> we fumbled on this health care law. >> from a call that went zoom to a star that went boom. from miley gone mad to canadians gone crazy. >> the stress is largely of my own making. >> for the next hour

. >> so the detective put barry in a little room here at the sheri sheriff's office and grilled him. for two days. gary denied everything, of course, but after many hours of questioning barry's answers about kim nees changed, according to jay vy anyway. >> we asked him, you know, were you responsible. and during this part of the interview he kept saying i don't remember if i was or not. >> soon the detective was joined in his work by commander alfred calhoun, known as something of a closer. vy stepped out of the room while the commander worked on barry. >> alfred stepped out of the interview room and said he wants to talk to you. when i walked in the room barry was crying and he admitted to killing kimberly nees. >> the mystery was solved. all the rumors about other suspects including that group of girls long whispered of in connection with the crime were apparently wrong. vy allowed barry to call his mother back in montana. >> and i said, barry, why did you confess to something you didn't do? and he said, well, they're going to come back to montana and they're going to help me prove

it will be the alameda county sheri sheriff's office conducting the investigation. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> the department has to be hurting this morning. >>> governor will be at the state capitol to give his annual state of the state address. no report of what the address will entail, but you can be sure the governor's going to talk about california's water shortage. also expect him to talk about the budget surplus. state of the state address starts at 9:00 this morning. for complete coverage, nbcbayarea.com. search state of the state. >>> candlelight vigille held tonight three months after a teen was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy. they will gather at 5:30 to march to a makeshift memorial set up for 13-year-old andy lopez a mile away. october 22nd, shot and killed by a deputy who mistook the replica rifle lopez was carrying for a real gun. a task force is still investigating the death. >>> a hearing held today to set a trial date for disgraced santa clara cousupervisor, pleaded no guilty to charge his impersonated someone in a mailer meant to disc

smith was flying with his son daniel, his son's wife sheri and his daughter amber and her fiance jonathan norton and we spoke with dale smith's wife and she said there was evidence of a big fire after the crash. while she wanted her family home alive, she telephones us she's grateful to have some closure. >> you know, there's this huge feeling of relief that they're found. but yet sadness that they really are gone and up until now it's always been, you know, they're hanging out in a hot spring somewhere or a cabin somewhere. and now we know. that is not the case. >> the valley county sheriff's office said recovery efforts may be delayed because of a snowstorm coming into the area. >>> a heartbreaking loss for a south bay family this morning. a san jose teen is dead after crashing her car on an isolated street next the port of oakland, a hot spot known for fast cars and illegal racing. oakland police say 17-year-old caitlin benson lost control behind the wheel veered off the road and hit a pole. police say it appears speed was a factor. benson was killed in the crash and her 17-year-old pa

. >> there was rampant poaching, the money didn't support the has shery system, and so they over fishedo the place where it's probably functionally extended. >> sturgeon have been swimming aren't on earth for 250 million years, long before the dinosaurs appeared on the planet and much longer before human gourmets developed a taste for their deelectable eggs. >> how long do they live? >> nobody knolls how long they live. that there's no question they'll live 80-100 years, but there are some scientists that think 400 years, 500 years or beyond. >> 800 kilograms is what one weighed, as much as a volkswagen beetle. farm sturgeon are picky about the quality of their water, which must be carefully filtered, pain stainingingly purified and monitored. each tiny jar of sterling california caviar sells for about $300. here's the big question. how does it taste? >> mmm, that's very good. >> caviar lovers, bon apetit. aljazeera, california. >> california's farmed caviar industry has taken off thanks to a freeze on exports of wild is it yourian, a move that has helped save the fish from near extinct