stephen king's new book is called "under the dome" and he talked about that and a couple other things when me came to visit here. "under the dome" set in chester mill and this bubble comes down and, boom, people are locked inside. this becomes a problem how so on so many different levels? >> it becomes a problem because nobody can get in and nobody can get out and the food supplies that are there are the food supplies and no electricity because when the dome comes down and cuts all the lines, the government cuts the phones. they do have some internet and some tv. one thing i had fun with, a lot of news people in this because an event like that would pull everybody off all their beats and, so, i had a chance to put in all my cnn people. >> you know what i asked him, too, why was there something scary about wolf blitzer and anderson cooper? you can hear what he says to that and i asked him about rumors he was going to retire and the answer to that in 30 minutes. if you can't wait, you can see the interview at cnn.com/robin. >>> lately owning a home has been a losing investment, right, b

. >>> novelist stephen king stopped by hln to talk to our own robin meade. turns out he's a big fan of hers and he offered her a sneak peek at his new book, "under the dome," here's an sample. >> "under the dome" set in maine, tiny town, chester mill. the dome comes down, boom, people are locked inside. this becomes a problem how so on so many different levels. >> it becomes a problem, nobody can get in, nobody can get out. the food supplies that are there are the food supplies. no electricity because when the dome comes down, it cuts all of the lines. the government cuts it phones. they do have some internet. and they have some tv. one of the things that i had fun with is they're a lot of news people in this. because an event like that would pull everybody off all their beats so i had a chance to put in all my cnn people. >> you can see more of robin's interview with stephen king monday morning including the question of whether or not the novelist is thinking about retiring? don't miss "morning express with robin meade" from 6:00 to 10:00 in the morning. >>

. >> me and stephen king, we are up there. >> they are going to be building buildings for stephen king. i can't get a free lunch. >> you are lucky to get a sandwich named of after you for crying out loud. >> either that or a pint of beer or pitcher of beer, i should say. >> there is young that is leaving the field under his own power. > >> he had a fat guy fall on him. >> i have been there. and been the guy on top. and been the guy get diagnose squashed for crying out load. and it is extremely sensitive. and there's how you end up popping the shoulder and land on it wrong. and then it starts on you. and. >> and it as nice job and that is brusko in motion. and he is going to handoff to pushaun and more yards and another 1st down. and second one. and ocean getting up to the second level and start walking the backers up and that is sort of what they have done here on the 1st down. >> there goes the full back in motion. and it is a smashing. and he has some room. and he has it all the way to the 44-yard line. and what a series. what a run by pushaun brown. >> great job by cobber keating. a

. >>> one of your fellow morning viewers is stephen king whose new book, by the way, is at the top of the charts. he stopped by to talk about "under the dome" and we asked him about other stuff, too. you are so up on current events what news story have you seen lately that you think this is a suspense, horror, thriller in the making in real life? now you can be funny with your answer or serious with your answer. >> there are always advances in the science field that would make for good horror stories. the swine flu that's going on now. i kind of did my flu book with "the stand" a few years ago. >> if you can't wait to see more of the interview, you can go watch it at cnn.com/robin. in the next half hour, i ask him about some of the questions that he's always asked or the ones that he never wanted asked. but the book is called "under the dome." >>> lately ly owning a home is losing investment. >>> an affair with another man ended james mcgreevey's career as a new jersey governor but he may have a new calling as a man of the cloth. >>> the decision to try five of the 9/11 suspects in a

novelist stephen king stopped by hln to talk to robin meade.he offered her a sneak peek of his new book, under the dome. >> under the dome it's called. it is set in maine, a tiny town. this bubble come down and boom, people are locked inside. this becomes a problem, how so on so many different levels? >> well, it becomes a problem because nobody can get in. nobody can get out. so the food supplies that are there are the food supplies. there's no electricity because when the dome comes down, it cuts all the lines. the government cuts the phones. they do have some internet and they have some tv. one of the things that i had fun with, there are a lot of news peel in this. because an event like that would pull everybody off all their beats. so i had a chance to put in all my cnn people. >> you can catch the interview monday morning on hln. >>> former alaska governor sarah palin isn't sugar coating her feelings about those who ran senator john mccain's campaign. according to the associated press, her new book includes details about the rumored tensi

. >>> novelist stephen king stopped by hln to talk to our own robin meade. turns out he's a big fan and offered a sneak peek of his new book "under the dome." >> "under the dome" it's called, set in maine, a tiny town and this bubble comes down and boom, people are locked inside. this becomes a problem how so? >> it becomes a problem, because nobody can get in, nobody did get out, so the food supplying that are there, there's no electricity, because when the dome cuts down it cuts all the lines. the government cuts the phones. they do have some internet and tv. one of the things i had fun with is there's a lot of newspeople in this, because an event like that would pull everybody off their beats. so i had a chance to put in all my cnn people. >> you can see more of robin's interview with stephen king, including the question about whether he is thinking about retiring? don't misacquisition morning express" from 6:00 to 10:00 in the morning. >>> the roar of a 900-horsepower engine may not see the most eco friendly, but race fans are finding out that speed can

. >>> stephen king is a big fan of robin meade, but when the two sat down to chat the author explained why another real-life newscaster is featured in his new novel. y8 >>> search for a missing north carolina girl takes a grim turn. why police are searching for her body and why the focus is on her mother. >>> could a prids. two hours from chicago become the next guantanamo bay? why one republican congressman is against this idea. >>> president obama says there's something he'd like to see everyone in china have. what they he told a group of students in shanghai. i'm so glad that you're kicking your weekday off with us, your whole week. i'm christi paul. welcome to hln "news and views." an update for you on the 5-year-old girl missing for a week. investigator says they're searching for shaniya davis' body along a north carolina highway. police received reliable information she may have been dumped there. however, they also say it is one of several credible tips that also include live sightings. please continue to keep your eyes open for this little girl. police have charged her 25-year-

. >>> novelest stephen king stopped by hln to talk to robin meade about his new book and a couple ofther things. >> so this book, this big, this acclaimed already, by the way, oh, gosh, i don't know how many days it's been number one on amazon and who knows elsewhere, i wonder if it will start the retirement rumors again. and what say you? >> when i talked about retiring, i had this accident where a guy came along and hit me with his van and broke a lot of stuff on the right side of my body, and i was in a lot of pain. i was miserable a lot of the time. i thought, you know, this is just too much work. i can't do it. then little by little, the miracle is we get better. if we don't die, we get better. i started to get better, started to feel better, and i wanteded to work again. i enjoy what i do. >> so there's no retirement coming anytime soon. how do you feel lately, by the way? >> i feel terrific. >> you can see more of the interview monday morning, including a sneak peek at his new book "under the dome." that's on morning express with robin meade from 6 to 10 in the morning. >>> i'

not that stephen king or james patterson or any number of people don't read good books of the sort. but i don't want people just reading their books. i want them to read all kind of books and that is where the book section and books like classics for pleasure encourage people to do. read a round, don't just follow the herd to the few books at the front of the store. look at the shelves. go to the library. talk to your friends, librarians. what do they like? and then explore the books of the past as well as the present. >> i'm going to put it to the test because you just mentioned. you are a bookseller and i walk into your bookstore and i want michael dirda to recommend three books to purchase. >> well classics for pleasure. [laughter] i probably would want to know a little about you but since i know that you like science-fiction i would recommend my favorite living science fiction writer named jack vance whose most famous book is the dalia dearth. a great influence on michael shea durham. we both made different trips to see vance and he lives in oakland. he might be someone i would

well, stephen king in one of his books wrote a little acknowledgment to the world's finest word processor, the fountain pen. i talked to the drivers. how many people my age write my hands. they said a lot of them do. i have somebody else do the typing. i don't type. i didn't learn how to type until i was 18. and the i never learned properly. >> host: what kind of instrument? >> i like mechanical pencil with soft led that's going to move very easily over the legal pad. i don't like the cheap legal pads. i also have to have an eraser. i erase a lot. instead of marking out everything, and even thoughs things on my web site, that's all my writing unaudited if you want to see my writing unaudited. >> and somebody else types it up? >> yup. that's right. >>>> host: dr. grandin, in school were in special ed classes? >> as the young kid i was in private nursery school. i went to a normal small school when i was 5 years old for kindergarten class. it was very old fashion. structured classes, older experience teacher. i started out going half a day. going to the elementary school, i stayed in the sc

stephen king wrote a little acknowledgment to the world's finest word processor, the parker fountain pen. and i talked to the drivers on the tours, and i said how many writesser do like i do? he said a lot of them do. i didn't learn how to type until i was 18. i never learned to type properly. >> host: what kind of instrument do you use, a fountain pen? >> guest: no. way to messy. i like to use a mechanical pencil with a soft lead, and i don't like cheap legal pads. i have to have an eraser because i erase lots and lots. i feel lost without mill -- my eraser. instead of marking out everything. even the things on my web site, that's my writing unedited. >> host: and then somebody else type ofs it up? >> guest: that's right. >> host: dr. grandin in school, were you in special ed classes? as a very young kid, i was in a little private nursery school. i went to a normal small private school school, but it was very old fashioned, structured classes, older experienced teacher, and i started out a half a day. goingletry school, i state d going to elementary school, a very small rural public