it is a very book-- vic book, over 600 pages. lot of people told bill shoals that this would be the end of our friendship but, on the contrary i knew it had to be cut. i knew i couldn't make the cuts. just like saying you have too many children and you were going to have to throw a certain number into the pond, but i knew it had to be cut and i was sorry it had to be cut, but i think i disagreed with him on three or four small points and he exceeded my which is on that. but, on the holding made the cuts. it was a great experience. i spent every spare moment writing, writing this and i just, i just loved writing it. a lot of people, a lot of writers have to be set up and have the right time and the right circumstances and soft music playing. i can write anywhere, because i'm an old service guy and writing a column on deadline, so this book was written, was written here, was written in my other two offices, was written on trains, was written on planes. most of the time i wrote the book i was on cnn and i would have to spend-- i was

vic. >> caller: great big chicago boo-yah to you. >> hey, let me give you a good luck boo-yah to you. >> caller: thank you. >> no problem. >> caller: love your books, your show. don't even miss it when i'm on vacation. >> well, thank you. >> caller: thank you for all the confidence that you gave me and the confidence to hold on to my position, not to get shaken up. thank you, thank you. >> you're welcome. that's what i want. i want people to stay in the game. what is on your mind? >> caller: my question, ups, why hasn't upa appreciated like fedex or other companies? >> i'll be very honest. ups is a fabulous company. they're very non-promotional. they've been unwilling, unlike fedex, to declare a bottom. fedex declared a bottom. it's been up ever since. let me tell you, ups should not be penalized because they're conservative. i think it's a great company. it's got a 3.3% yield. i would buy the stock right here. it was up, by the way, on the dow today. that's a sign of strength. new york. >> caller: jim, what's going on? how are you doing? >> not bad. how about you? >> caller: super duper, awesome. dude, you're awesome. i've been hearing a lot of a

booking, derek valcourt, eyewitness news. >> lockner has been incarcerated for most of this decade. >>> a western maryland man pleads guilty in the arson death of his girlfriend's two daughters. vic is live in the newsroom with the latest. >> reporter: clarence myers has pled guilty. in february, he started a fire. the 12- and 15-year-old boys were killed. myers changed the plea after prosecutors agreed to drop arson and charges against him. myers faces a sentence of two consecutive life terms. >> myers said he started the fire in hopes of getting do charitable donations. >>> a facility is evacuated as a number of people are rushed to the hospital. jessica kartalija is live in rosedale, as investigators try to figure out how this happened. hi, jessica. >> reporter: good evening, kai. good evening, everyone. more than 70 people had to be evacuated here behind me today, while firefighters and emts ensured everyone was safe. >> reporter: dozens of employees evacuate the packing warehouse in rosedale. >> i had a headache. a stomachache. i was, you know, throwing up a little bit. >> reporter: just before moon -- noon, a worker fainted. and several others became sick. 70 were evaluated