but it was another stephen king. this one a 51-year-old australian surfer taking in the waves. and out of nowhere, a shark jumped out of the water and came right for him. he was thrown in the air and suffered minor bite marks on his leg. his world, not so lucky. a nice size chunk taken out of it. >> i'm probably the luckiest guy on two legs at the moment. yeah, unbelievable. >> the scariest part of the whole ordeal was just hours after the attack. he spotted kids playing in the water at the same beach. no other a. they were flying from denver to los angeles when the right engine died. 125 passengers were on board and the plane was forced to make land. they were relieved to be back on the ground. >> he made us feel very comfortable, although that everyone clapped when he did land. >> i guess. a spokesperson from united said the investigation is underway as to why the engine failed. >>> the 34th america's cup race might be facing some rocky water. i it's a part of that area where the stance planning commission will consider -- that area where the substantial planning commission w

. >> okay. >> stephen: why, why would you want to humanize a hero like that? it's martin luther king, not martin luther human. >> i feel you, i feel you, i get that, i get that. >> stephen: don't we need larger-than-life figures? >> well, we have heroes but we look at them, we see them giving speeches. we have this hugena new memorial and everything else. >> stephen: on the mall, i have seen that been there it's beautiful. >> did you like that t didn't look kind of asian to you. >> i'm sorry. >> stephen: i don't see race. >> yes, dow. >> stephen: no i do not see race. >> you don't see race. >> stephen: i don't he are you a black man? >> no, but i heard about the grapple baby, that looked pretty racist to me. >> stephen: no, no, no, no. no, nor, i see nationality, that's different. >> okay, all right. so we're actually educating young people and i guess other people to the fact that dr. king was under a lot of pressure as that icon that you love so much. >> stephen: absolutely. >> that had fears. he was very knowledgeable about of his imminent death. he knew he was being followed and

australian stephen king is one lucky surfer. king was riding the waves north of sydney today when a shark jumped out of the water, biting his leg and taking a big chunk out of his board. king's wound was minor and he calls himself the luckiest guy on two legs. still ahead, female prisoners in china with just hours to live. the chilling photos are next. >> a series of eight-year-old photographs is currently making the rounds on the internet in china. as celia hatton tells us, despite their age, the deaths-row images are shed new light on a country that executes far more people than any other country in the world. >> these photos shocked many across china. women in their final 12 hours on death row. taken in china's central wuhan province in 2003, few saw these images until now, but they spread across china's internet, showing convicted drug traffickers preparing for death. it's incredibly rare to see inside any of china's prison, let alone personal photos from death row. china's thought to sentence more people to death than any ot

stephen king on his board when he was shark struck. >> just a bang from the side.t cartwheeling through the air and then just thrashing beside me. i'm probably the luckiest guy on two legs at the moment. unbelievable. >> i bet the shark is like where is the cream filling? he is lucky to have two legs. he made it to shore with only scratches on his leg there as you just saw. the board will go on display at a local museum. >>> britain's royal navy is a famously disciplined fighting force not exactly noted for its musical talents. that's changed, though. from a crew recently home from a trip recently deployed in the mediterranean, mark phillips has the story. >> reporter: the story use the crew of the "hms ocean" may have expected to come home to a hero's welcome or a warm family welcome. ♪ all i want for christmas is you ♪ >> reporter: but not to be welcomed as youtube rock stars. but that's what they have become. the music video they made while on a tour of duty in the mediterranean in which they mime the words to a mariah christmas hit has gone viral. well over a m

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. >> written by stephen king. >> that's right. it was. yeah.you saw the script for "shawshank redemption," do you know instantly now what is a good and bad script? can you tell? >> oh, yeah. it's the same way with reading a book. page 1 sometimes you're hooked. you know that this is going to be great. it's all about writing. you know? what hooks you in writing. just somebody's ability to put words together and create imagery. >> and when you see red saying hope is a dangerous thing, is that morgan freeman about the oscar for best actor? could you relate to him? >> actually, no. you know. but you could say that if you had a real quirky twist of your mind. >> i heard the filming on "shawshank redemption" was quite edgy, that it wasn't easy. why is that? >> well, there are different reasons for that. if you have issues with the direction, it's going to get edgy. >> and you did? >> yeah. >> why? >> well, i like directors that listen to me. i like for them -- if i say something, i say it because i know what i'm talking about, pretty much. and a lot

i was talking to stephen king in iowa today whether or not he thinks that this whole issue is going towt gingrich? he actually told me he would have said not that long ago that it wasn't going to hurt him, but as we get close to caucus day, he's hearing more and more that it is playing into voters consciousness. >> it's not just that ann romney ad, we see rick santorum closing with a strong family message. we see rick perry very much closing with a strong family message as well, talking got his marriage and how important fidelity to marriage is for him. these folks are talking to him because it does have some resonance, it's not a silver bullet issue, it's an issue that gets to the larger character assessment of someone. and what you see the romney campaign doing is not just depending on that anne romney ad, they're trying to paint him as not a fair dealer. i think the marriage is just a piece of that. >> that he's been dishonest, for example maybe on freddie mac claims and that he's been not told the full truth on a number of different categories. okay, you work -- you run the yahoo o

i mean, most people want -- i heard stephen king was on today. >> george will, and karl rove -- >> thesere the three people, i have to tell you, they're hacks, they don't speak for anybody. they have no power. a guy like karl rove is the one who gave us bush which ultimately gave us obama. >> trump is putting fox news in kind of a tight spot. they want him on all their shows, but they don't want him kneecapping paid contributors like karl rove. he still is pretty influential in the republican party, but trump isn't interested in fox news damage control. >> we like karl rove. we also like you. i just don't want to -- >> i like people that are straight. he's got his own agenda. 100%. i've always viewed him as a hack. >> let's bring in msnbc contributor, political reporter for slate.com, david weigel. dave, what do you make of all this back and forth? is this just a game show for trump? >> i defer to conservatives who have had enough of trump and had enough of trump for a very long time. "national review" when the debate broke as news editorialized he was a fraud who should stay out of the

i heard stephen king was on -- these are the three people. i have to tell you. they're hacks.e of the controversies. >> i'm not participating in that. >> his infusing himself into the dialogue really dumbs down and makes less consequential the very important issues we must be discussing to get this country back on its feet again. >> have you started through what this might be like? >> i assume it's like "the apprentice" presidency. if you're afraid to debate the donald trump, people are going to say, you want me to believe you could debate barack obama but you're afraid to show up with donald trump? i think, it strikes me as kind of a very weak position. i don't know why people would do that. >> on your left is senator santorum and former speaker gingrich. others i guess still could join in. what are you going to do if it's just those two? >> well, we'll see. this is a newsmax debate. i know a lot of the moderators. some are wonderful, some aren't. i know the issues better than the moderators that i can tell you. every issue better than the moderators. >> today a week after he

kind of a stephen king novel where you have him holding up the kid as a shield. >> shameless. that's what we learned. hannukah is on tuesday. also, arianna huffington brought great cookies. >> i love it. julia, what did you learn? >> i learned donny doesn't know a damn thing about hannukah. >> exactly. all right. i learned, willie, once again, way too early. what time is it? >> we'll see you back here on monday. stick around right now for chuck todd. >>> accusations, charges fly at last night's republican debate. just not between the two actual front-runners mitt romney and newt gingrich. does romney's restraint last night prove those negative ads are working well enough? he picks up one of the most coveted republican endorsements of the cycle south carolina governor nikki haley will back him. her state's primary is just weeks away. >> and congress figures out a way to keep the lights on, sets the stage for the deal on the payroll tax holiday extension. anyone surprised that it took the usual 11th hour shenanigans again? it's friday, december 16th, 2011. this is "daily rundown

you have your top five includes 11 11-12-63 by stephen king, bossypants by tina fey. richardson, my father's daughter by gwyneth paltrow and alexander mcqueen, savage beauty a visual feast by andrew bolten. >> i'd love to read them. >> mindy, let's ask you about bossypants because that's the book you really would put on the top of the list. >> well, tina fey is the funniest person, i think, that i know. she's so funny, the book is so inspirational. it's part memoir and off her work on "saturday night live." to be a writer, performer, comedian on nbc, it behooves me to read a book like that. >> i bet she loves that you read that and looked at president clinton. >> you like comedy, so yeah. >> i think she is so funny. >> let's go to your list, president clinton. your top choices include in order jerusalem, a biography of a city by simon montefiore, lincoln, which is a prize-winning portrait by david herbert donald. meditations, a spiritual journal by marcus aurelius, the way of the world by david fromkin and the cure at troy, which is a hero's tale, by seamus henley. i

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schieffer talks with gop presidential candidate michele bachmann and iowa republican representative stephen king. re-airs begin at noon eastern with "meet the press," at 1:00 "this week," 2:00 then 3:00, then thre4:00 listen on your iphone or blackberry. channel 119 on xm or online anywhere at c-spanradio.org. >> throughout my military career, i prided myself on not being afraid to tell people what i thought. the worst thing you can do is to let a senior leader had down the wrong road. "you know, maybe we ought to take another look at it, or look from this perspective. we have an obligation and a duty to be good stewards of the resources that the public interests us with." sometimes, you have to be courageous when everyone's head is going up and down and you think you have a different perspective. >> for life and career as the highest-ranking female african- american. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> taking steps to ensure such tactics are not used again, it is an unfortunate reality that we will continue to feel the effects of this blog operation for years to come.

you have your top five includes 11 11-12-63 by stephen king, bossypants by tina fey.altrow and alexander mcqueen, savage beauty a visual feast by andrew bolten. >> i'd love to read them. >> mindy, let's ask you about bossypants because that's the book you really would put on the top of the list. >> well, tina fey is the funniest person, i think, that i know. she's so funny, the book is so inspirational. it's part memoir and off her work on "saturday night live." to be a writer, performer, comedian on nbc, it behooves me to read a book like that. >> i bet she loves that you read that and looked at president clinton. >> you like comedy, so yeah. >> i think she is so funny. >> let's go to your list, president clinton. your top choices include in order jerusalem, a biography of a city by simon montefiore, lincoln, which is a prize-winning portrait by david herbert donald. meditations, a spiritual journal by marcus aurelius, the way of the world by david fromkin and the cure at troy, which is a hero's tale, by seamus henley. i don't know if i get all that correctly out, bu

your top five includes "11/22-63" about jfk by stephen king. "bossy pants" by tina fey.y richardson. "my father's daughter" a cookbook by gwenyth paltrow and "alexander mcqueen, savage beauty" a visual feast by andrew bolton. okay. >> i'd love to read the first four for sure. >> mindy, we'll ask you about "bossy pants" the book you really i think would put on the top of the list. >> well, tina fey is the funniest person i think that i know. she is so funny and the book is so inspirational. it's part memoir and talks about her work at "saturday night live." to be a writer/performer/comedian on nbc it sort of behooves me to read a book like that. >> i bet she loves the fact that you mentioned that and looked at president clinton so now we'll make sure we get a copy for you. >> you love comedy. >> i think she is so funny. >> let's go down to your list, president clinton. your top choices include in order "jerusalem a biography of a city," "lincoln" which is a prize-winning portrait by david herbert donald, "meditations" a spiritual journal by marcus aurelius. "the way of th

>> eye in may stephen king republican on immigration. -- i am iowa steve king republican on emigration. we need to enforce the law. we are a nation of laws. i am a force -- a first generation of americans. my father can't do this country when he was 7 years of age. i grandfather came legally, worked here for five years, bought the rest of the -- brought the rest of the family over. he's left my father for five years. we have people now say, we should not separate families. people separate from families of the time to come to america to have the opportunity to be free here. he did not come here because he got benefits. in 1925 there were no benefits. there was a huge benefit. it was freedom. the opportunity to pursue your dreams. by the way, it was a tough go. he worked in the coal mines. he worked in a company town. i do not know if you folks know what company towns are, i do not know if you had them in iowa. the mine operation owned the house is, of the store, you got paid in coupons, not cash. i grandfather figure out that was a dead end. he took less money for cash as opposed to the

another big problem star point guard, stephen curry reinjured his surgically repaired right ankle during the preseason game last night against the sacramento kings. teammates had to help him off the court. he was diagnosed with a sprained ankle but will undergo further tests. his status is unknown for the season opener in oakland on christmas night. >>> and christmas came a few days early for some needy families in san francisco. the salvation army opened its toy and joy warehouse on jessie street today. volunteers helped children from low-income families choose toys, stocking stuffers, and other gifts to put under the tree. the family also received a holiday food box. >> this is my favorite time of the year to be in the salvation army because we get to do an allout-sellout and give everything away. it definitely puts me in the christmas spirit. the salvation army provided gifts for 1400 families today. >>> over 5600 kids are expecting to get new bikes, toys and books from say cetd heart in san jose. it's holding it's annual holiday event today and tomorrow. the gifts all came from donations from bay area companies, schools, churches and individ

stephen: trump will endorse the winner. second place wins gary busey. (laughter) now, clearly, clearly trump wants to be the new republican king maker even before this debate announcement he hand candidates lining up to kiss his gold ring! which is not easy to find because it is the same color as his skin. (laughter) folks, this trump tack already a is still not serious enough for people like george w. bush's for ari fleisher who called it an invitation to a circus. karl rove who said "i think the republican national chairman ought to step in and say "we strongly discourage every candidate from appearing." bush strategist mark mckinnon who said "this trump debate is proof the inmates have taken over the asylum." (laughter) and today possibly inevitable nominee and second-place front-runner mitt romney deline's trump's invitation which means there is a good chance tomorrow he will accept trump's invitation. (laughter and applause) good man. folks, i think these candidates are making a mistake not turning up for trump. but i get why they're hesitant. the guy's a clown only with more makeup. i can they because donald's a friend, a tremendous guy. he's great.

warriors point guard stephen curry reinjured his surgically repaired right hankle -- right ink until the game last night against the kings. the warriors open up sunday, christmas night, against the l.a. clippers at home. >>> time now 7:50. the continuing investigation into that deadly plane crash yesterday in new jersey. what air traffic controllers are now saying about that doomed fight. >> and how the nfl is stepping in to prevent future power outages at candlestick park. >>> we're still talking about monday night's power outage at candlestick park during the 49ers game. the nfl says it will work with the 49ers, the city of san francisco, and polyurethane -- pg & e to make sure it doesn't happen again. they will analyze a line that failed during monday night's game. pg & i says they don't know what --pg says they don't know what caused the second power outage. >> the east always -- palo alto police department is seeking toys for his toy drive. they can be dropped off at the police department until december 23rd. police will distribute the toys to needy children on saturday, christmas eve. >>> and saint anthony's curb s