we're reading stephen king, anne rice, edgar allan poe. how long does it take to write a letter? well... you know i'm seeing other guys, right? yeah. i'm just not ready to get serious with anyone. sure. i knew you'd understand. listen... i better get back before my parents find out i've left. sure. are you going to be o.k.? i'll be fine. go back to the hotel and get some sleep. i hope kevin will be home soon. oh, he'll be back soon. thanks again for your thoughtful offer. ( to himself ): where are my keys? my car keys. i thought they were in my pocket. honey, they're on the hall table. ah. they... they're not here. well, they must be. i saw you put them there. maybe they are in your pocket. no, no they're definitely... they're definitely not in my pockets. well, where can they be? kevin! come on. ( softly ): my car's gone. where's my car? when are you going back to school? tomorrow. jeez, what am i supposed to say? good luck, i guess. you're a sweet guy, kev. good night. thanks, john. do me a favor... if you do hear from him, have him call

there have been school shooters who were inspired by shakespeare, by short stories by stephen king. just about anything, a motion picture. and jamie is right. it's not the attention that we give these killers. it's the excessive attention. and what we should stop doing is making celebrities out of these monsters. they don't deserve it, but it's what they crave. they want the attention of the world on them. they want to be in the spotlight, and that's one thing we shouldn't do. and the spotlight also adds insult to injury when it comes to the victims and their families. >> i think a lot of people totally, totally agree with both of you guys. jack levin, james allen fox, thanks very much to both of you for joining us. as always, for more on this story, go to cnn.com. >>> also tonight, just days ago, she took a stand against gun violence by standing with president obama in chicago. today, she's mourning the loss of her sister, killed in the city's epidemic of shootings. the latest on the tragedy straight ahead. >>> and we also have new information coming in on that crippled carnival tr

cbs announced an interesting deal over "the dome" based on the stephen king novel.ll let amazon stream the episodes just days after they run on tv. not a totally unusual idea. you can watch "downton abbey" on the pbs app. it is another example of television coming to the internet in an unusual way and notably not to netflix. this is going to amazon streaming. really making major progress lately. >> netflix right up the road. >> they did "house of cards." these are even competitors. >> amazon, doing it all. scott, thank you very much. major roadways around denver closed after heavy snow out there. parts of interstate 70 had to be shut down because of poor weather conditions and 60 elementary students and teachers were left stranded at their school overnight. had to stay at the school because of all the snow. that had to be fun. they are now doing just fine and they are prepared to ride out the storm. >> what's the worst thing we are dealing with? allergies? >> we pay for it in california. taxes, high gas prices. of course we deserve it. 5:17. let's take you outside t

more of a stephen king aficionado. to stick with the retail theme we also hear from auto zone. all right? and people have been falling out of the zone of late with the good folks at stifel nicolaus making an incredibly bold call today that azo will muff the corner. that would be a serious blow to the auto improvement thesis that's been such a great one. we need the zone to sate opposite, that the car market is strong, and the same way we need to hear the despot say the housing continues to hum. wednesday. how about dollar tree? which last time made me feel like the story's become more like a half dollar bush than a dollar tree. [ rimshot ] and groupon, the online coupon that's been such a rage and a flame-out now seems to be clawing its way out of the cellar. these two will give us a low-end read and i read on the valueshop shopper. i think groupon will report a better quarter than people are expecting. thursday's best buy. suddenly people warming up to best buy. betting things have gotten so good it could potentially be the target of a potential leveraged buyout by its founder

shoppers for years have been parking their cars right over the remains of king richard the iii under a super market parking lot. >> stephen: that's right! king richard the third has been found underneath the parking lot of a supermarket! [laughter] that explains why his famous last words were "my kingdom for a hot pocket!" [laughter] richard the third, of course, is [laughter] richard the third, of course, is remembered as an infamous villain, mostly thanks to shakespeare's famous play-- i want to say "coriolanus"? [laughter] but he's also an important historical figure because he was the last king of the plantagenet line. for those who aren't familiar, plantagenet means he was descended from a plant. [laughter] he was the last one. queen elizabeth, despite that vine growing out of her head, is incapable of photosynthesis. [laughter] so how did the scientists know that this was hunchback king, and not some poor 15th-century briton who starved to death waiting for a grocery-store parking space? [laughter] well, researchers observed "a distinct spinal curvature" that was richard iii's most pronounced physical feature." that

and best-selling author stephen king has waited on the gun-control debate with and nonfiction essay titled guns, which has been published as an amazon / kindle single. you can find out more about his latest release on his website. stay up-to-date on breaking news about authors, books, and publishing by letting us on facebook at facebook.com/booktv or follow us on twitter @booktv. you can also visit our website, booktv.org, and click on news about books. you're watching c-span2, politics and public affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. weeknights what's key public policy events in every weekend the lettuce nonfiction authors and books on book tv. you can see past programs and their schedules that our website at, and you could join in the conversation on social media sites. and now, taylor branch, author of the multi it volume of america in the king year's presents his thoughts on key moments in the civil rights movement. this is about an hour 15 spirited. >> thank you, mr. hale. thank you, atlanta. atlanta history center. i have been heretofore. and glad to be back. i

entitled guns, which has been published as an amazon kindle single this week you can find out about stephen king'st lease on his website, stephen king.com. like us on facebook at facebook.com/booktv or follow us on twitter at booktv. you can also visit our website at booktv.org and click on news about books. booktv interviewed jeffrey macris about his book, "the politics and security of the gulf." this is part of booktv's college college series. it is about 20 minutes long. >> host: jeffrey macris, what is your title mean? >> welcome we represent military professors as a hybrid, adjoining of the professional officer corps, and the professional educators at the naval academy. i spent the first half of my naval career flying aircraft to the u.s. navy. about 10 years ago, i transitioned over to academia. where i had an out standing opportunity to go to school where i specialize in middle eastern history. >> host: now an author, "the politics and security of the gulf" is the name of your book. that's a big topic, isn't it? >> guest: yes, it is. the united states has been involved in three hot wars. it

king. >> a whopper of a [eagle caw] >> stephen: tonight, do states have to follow federal law? only if it starts with "simon says." bailiff lf. [ laughter ] then, what's the latest news in the war on terror? the answer is redacted. [ laughter ] and my guest george saunders wrote what the new york times called "the best book you'll read this year." joke's on them, i'm not reading any books this year. [ laughter ] eating lunch earlier can help you lose weight. that's why i always eat tomorrow's lunch tonight. [ laughter ] captioning sponsored by comedy central this is "the colbert report." ["the colbert report" theme music playing] [cheers and applause] welcome to the broadcast, everybody. thank you so much. [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting stephen b.c. [ thank you, ladies and gentlemen. [cheers and applause] thank so much. please, nation, heros sit down. welcome to the broadcast, coming to you, as always, in bone-jostling sensurround! [ laughter ] a lot of technology. [ laughter ] nation, for years i've been warning you about iran. they're almost as big a threat as our othe

. >> ♪ good king wenceslas looked out on the feast of stephen ♪ >> prague's glory days were during thegn of charles iv. in the 1300s, charles made the city part of the holy roman empire. he also established charles university, the first university in central europe. prague still attracts students from all over. >> it's my favorite city that i've been to in the world. and i love the architecture. i love the culture. i love how efficient public transportation is. >> he's right. getting around prague is easy. from trains to trams to horse-drawn carriages and river boats for sightseers. but most of all, it's a city for walking. there's so much to see and hear. [ small ensemble plays ] and you had better plan on exercise to work off the great food you find around every corner. a particular treat is a tasty pastry called "trdelnik." dough is rolled around a stick, heated, and then dusted with cinnamon. delicious! >> everybody should come to prague to see, like, remnants of communism. and it's great, 'cause it's a bridge between western and eastern europe. so, prague's, like, a really unique

stephen: those are meteors. >> however atomic can linger in the night sky for weeks at a time scaring the panlts off everyone and that's why everyone thinks the kings is foretold by the coming of comet and the comet of century is. cog later this year in november. >> stephen: do you know what it's called? >> no, i have to look it up on the internet. >> stephen: we can look it up right here. thank you so much for joining me. x#y.n@-x4j#66"db

. >> burger king admits some of its patties in england and ireland were tainted with horse meat. >> stephen: someone in europe is trying to slip you their tainted meat, and for once it's not silvio burlesconi. [laughter] he has been known to yank his meat off the shelves: 4r5 h- [laughter] now, everyone in europe is worried that they may be biting down on horse, instead of their usual delicacy of pickled sheep brain. [laughter] it's a complex story, so let me back up and explain how this horse scandal went down. [speaking like a racetrack announcer] and they're off -- first, horse meat was discovered in a british supermarket, but britain rounded the bend and laid the blame on the irish supplier-- who said they got it from poland. poland denies it. aaaannnd here's france, coming up strong with their own horse meat scandal, selling meat to england and sweden, but france falls behind and lays the blame on cyprus. cyprus now in the lead with the blame, but what's this? what's this? out of nowhere on the last leg, cyprus says they got their meat from a dutch company, who said they got it from--

comedians, talking about the skeleton remains of king richard iii found beneath a parking lot in england. he died some 500 years ago. here is how stephent all. >> that's right. king richard iii has been found underneath the parking lot of a supermarket. which explains why his famous last words were, my kingdom for a hot pocket. how did the scientists know that this was the hunchback king and not some poor 15th century britain who starved to death waiting for a grocery store parking space? well, researchers observed a distinct spinal curvature that was richard iii's most pronounced physical feature. that settles it, because once you decompose, it is impossible for straight bones to rearrange into any other shape. isn't that right, richard? >> to learn more about the amazing discovery, go to cnn.com. >>> check this out as well. online video showing new york city in flames. this is kind of weird, actually. north korea rockets are launching, you got north korean man sleeping like a baby in the background. the music we are the world. what is all of this? this is a video that was posted by a north korean propaganda website, hit the web just

was given to congressman king in new york about this was, that the magazines that the soldiers are using in afghanistan are jamming and putting their lives at risk. and stephen i'm sorry, congressman king from new york has been evading that particular question. and they are using vietnam era magazines. they are jamming and, and again, they are putting their soldiers at risk. >> host: john sopko. >> guest: i haven't heard anything about that allegation, but to draw the distinction, if you do have allegations about the that are u.s. troops are using, i would send it over to the dod ig. id reconstruction, the actual fighting of the dod ig, that's their responsibility. and i'm certain that they're looking into that if there is a concern about weapons that our u.s. troops are using. i would be looking at the weapons their supply to the afghans, military. >> host: mount vernon new york republican caller. >> caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. again, this is my second call and i am very nervous, but why can't you stop the money going in? the amount of money that you can't account for, subtract that from the amount that cars i would be getting, or

stephen colbert checking out the royal digs. >> james, bring forth the town cryers. >> england's king richard iii bones finally found. >> that'sking lot of a supermarket. which explains why his family us last words were my kingdom for a hot pocket. how did the scientists know that this was the hunch back king and not some poor 15th century britain would starved to death waiting for a grocery store parking place? well, researchers observed a distinct spinal curvature that was richard iii's most pronounced physical feature. well, that settles it, because once you decompose, it is impossible for straight bones to rearrange into any other shape. isn't that right, richard? >> early s.t.a.r.t. continues right now. >>> a seismic shift for an american institution. the boy scouts of america could decide within hours to change its policy on gays. >> rigged to blow. the fbi finds bombs inside a bunker where a 5-year-old had been held hostage and now they're looking for even more explosives. >>> and shedding new light on the super bowl blackout. documents uncover signs of trouble months before the big game. good morning, everyone. welcome

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