it's like comic-con, but for sherlock holmes fans. so it's way cooler. excuse me for a sec. there's another waitress here who is gonna be a big fan of all of this. you're welcome for what i'm about to show you. look, guess what they are. time-traveling lesbians. we're not lesbians. i am. what is this? what just let out? a sale at the burlington coat factory? they're sherlock holmes super-fans coming from a convention, which means there are a lot of cats home alone right now. well, i'd say the only mystery is who here gets laid the least. hello. cracked it, watson.

he was stealing from us, he was stealing from our clienen >> i'm saying you're sherlock holmes. who do you think you are? >> a concerned citizen that wouldn't want this to happen to my family. >> he's actually my hero right now. >> we're in business to prevent things like this from happening. >> reporter: one case closed, another opened. >> i am the authorized representative. >> of who? >> henry ferguson. >> reporter: no matter who ferguson says he is, he faces grand theft charges in this case. his probation, that he was on until 2031. home stealing scams happen too frequently. one way to protect yourself is to check the official records to make sure property you own is still in your name. we'll walk you through how to do it, when you click on this story in the investigators section of our website and the nbc 6 news and weather app. willard shepard, nbc 6news. >>> hello from studio 3-b. president oma speaking out about republicans and his determination to choose the next supreme court justice. as trial begins in a notorious serial murder case. we look at the controversial signs

>> using sherlock holmes as a model for how the mind works and how to improve it so we can optimize ->> rose: the way we look at things. >> exactly, being in the present moment, seeing how many steps leading up to 221b baker street, 17, right? so that you actually learn to look at the world fully, rather than partially. >> rose: you went to columbia and got a ph.d. in psychology? >> yes. >> rose: why did you do that? because i'm fascinated about thousand mind works and why we do what we do, the motivations behind it. i think a lot of the motivations that make you so good at what you do, why do people -- what are their motivations? what thanks them tick and what is inside the human mind and one to have the things that made he realize how much i wanted to go deeper is the science and brain series. >> rose: which you worked on and set up. >> yes. >> rose: the interesting thing about that, too, did you always want to be a writer and you just wanted to learn something about psychology and that was the easiest way to do it? >> that's exactly right. i always wanted to be a writer and i think

(phone ringing) sherlock holmes. p i'm dearly hoping you have something i can tell sir walter r about your brother's whereabouts. mr. sherrington. frustrating day? the devil's own. your progress? holmes:pmycroft is the nominal head of one of my father's charities p and we think he may have moved some funds r out of their accounts to finance his escape. pwe're tracking the whereabouts of a large withdrawal. if we follow the money, r hopefully we'll find the man himself. r i'll need the details of that transaction r and any other news as soon as you get it. pwatson: hey. i heard you're working. r i'm considering the dates afkhami and sherrington spoke. i would like to getva more precise bead on what they discussed. okay. so, how do we do that? ri'd like to work on my own, if it's all the same to you. v your decision to find new lodgings rnecessitates the adaptation of my methods. i need to grow accustomed p to working without your input in the evenings, (sighs) plooks like you had a productive night. quite. p a bracing

. >>> also in prime time the hit show elementary starring johnny lee miller as detective sherlock holmes. a crime solving duo. cracking nypd's most impossible cases. here is the full line of -- line up of what you can inspect to see at cbs prime time right here on wncn a week from tomorrow starting with the big bang theory at 8 p.m. >> followed by life and in pieces at 8:30, mom at 9 p.m., angel from hell at 9:30. north carolina news covering all your local news and weather at 11 p.m. >> we have a full line of programming and any questions you may have on wncn.com. again, wncn.com -- wncn news become cbs north carolina on monday. >>> the weather did not put a damper on tonight's tobacco showdown in raleigh. >> a much-needed win for the tar heels is sure did (donkey sound) (elephant sound) between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. >>> the severe storms do not keep th

psean: sherlock holmes here. pkevin: i will do some forensics. psean: ok. p[laughter] psean: still to come, a final pcheck of your top stories, perin: updating our top stories. psean: a laconia man is facing a pslew of charges after he escaped pfrom the booking room at the pbelmont police department. pray: police say 35-year-old ryan pstreitenberger was pulled over pfor a traffic violation and olice found drugs and weapons pinside the car. phe allegedly tried to make his pescape when he returned to the olice station. phis bail is now set at $100,000. perin: there are new developments pin the case surrounding the pmurder of 11-year-old celina pcass. pinvestigators from the state olice major crimes unit were at pthe home of her stepfather, pwendell noyes, on monday. pat this time, they are not psaying why they were there. psean: a new report is shedding pmurder-suicide in bedford last pyear where a mother killed her ptwo daughters before taking her pown life. pa strange marriage and domestic pviolence may have led to the pincident. perin: an investigation is

the first book was "mastermind: how to think like sherlock holmes."ia: the point of that book was looking at the mind and how we can improve it so that we can optimize our observations. charlie: the way we look at things. maria: exactly. how many steps leading up to 221, so you learn to look at the world fully rather than partially. maria: i'm fascinated by the mind. why we do what we do. why do people, what are their motivations? what makes them tick? what is inside the human mind? what made me realize how much i wanted to go deeper into that was the science theories and the brain theories. charlie: did you always want to be a writer and learn something about psychology? maria: that's exactly right. i think that writing and psychology have so much in common because to write well you have to understand human motivation. you have to understand people. that's the only way you can craft characters that make sense. and so that was a very natural fit. charlie: not only people who are able to engage, a lot of people do that to are not out in pursuit of powe

you're like sherlock holmes here. >> close: yeah, this is how i get through life. >> stahl: of course he knew we were showing him famous faces. with our group, we threw in a trick one, a photo of jo's daughter. does anybody know who that is? >> no way. >> stahl: jo? work on it, because it's somebody that jo knows. >> livingston: well, it may be, but nothing's coming. >> stahl: it's someone in your family. but still, she didn't get it. it's your daughter. now, can you see it? is it clear now? >> livingston: it is believable now. >> stahl: we were baffled that a condition so extreme, it could keep people from recognizing their own children, could have been almost completely unknown until very recently. we asked dr. oliver sacks, the famous chronicler of fascinating neurological conditions, who passed away last summer. he wrote about face blindness in his latest book, "the mind's eye." >> dr. oliver sacks: it is with our faces that we face the world. >> stahl: how do you explain that the medical world did not identify this problem? >> sacks: it is not usually a complaint of people. peopl

[dramatic musical flourish] ♪ >> "the kite runner," "jurassic park" and "the adventures of sherlock holmesare all on goodreads.com's list of "books written by" whom? >> okay. >> okay, i know they were definitely not teenagers. i do not believe they were politicians. so i'm now between physicians and immigrants. "jurassic park," i only go through half of the book, because dinosaurs just freak me out. >> [laughs] >> i'm gonna take a chance. >> okay. >> i'm gonna take a chance, because--i don't know--i just kind of thought this at first, and i could be wrong, but it's a chance i'm willing to take. all right, i'm gonna say d, immigrants. final answer. >> you took a shot. unfortunately, this time you are wrong. it was a, physicians. >> oh. >> it was a. that's all--you know what, lara? >> that's all right. that's okay. >> that was a blast. i enjoyed playing with you. it was a pleasure to meet you. >> thank you. >> congratulations on the $5,000. thanks for watching today. for everyone who's been a part of this one, i'm chris harrison. we'll see you next time. [cheers and applause] closed captioni

holmes. i'm sherlock's brother. what happened between you two in london? oh, my god. i was in london. i didn't know he was gonna come here. you had sex with my brother. the key is to 221b. you belong there. not me. when it is right for me but, uh... it isn't now. it's me. my little gambit didn't work. he's decided to stay. come at the problem a different way. so, you know, if you're asking about threats to my recovery... you have to talk about amy. (quiet laugh) it's good to say it

holmes. i'm sherlock's brother. what happened between you two in london? oh, my god. i was in london. i didn't know he was gonna come here. you had sex with my brother. the key is to 221b. you belong there. not me. there may will come a time when it is right for me to return to london but, uh... it isn't now. it's me. my little gambit didn't work. he's decided to stay. i'm afraid we're gonna have to come at the problem a different way. so, you know, if you're asking about threats to my recovery... you have to talk about amy. (quiet laugh) it's good to say it out loud, since... i'm gonna see her soon and i should be ready. you're next. what's the greatest threat to your sobriety? all: hi, sherlock. (quiet laugh) i am without peer. without sane peer, anyway... which is functionally identical to being without a peer, full stop. i can only extend so much of myself... to a non-peer. which means i can only extend so much of myself to anyone. i've made progress, of course, but... i don't know how much more growth there is within me. if i can never value a relationship properly, then... at wh