Your books are praised by oprah, president obama and you win the poets with the National Book award, what is the appropriate response . Before we take the pain away, this book is taken off and away unexpected and startling and wonderful and i thank my lucky stars and they sleep a little better and that her mood generally and try to enjoy despite my best efforts. What is up doing a better mood. I been writing for 20 something years doing fiction for 20 something years temperature write a book and people to get and no one typically cares and it disappears so i had the pride and think it i did a good job from the book and the bonus of other people reading it as well. Host your first book was about elevator repairs, people, how do you sell a book like that. Guest exactly. With that book i wrote a description and i said to my agent you dig in the concept of elevators inspectors or you dont. Youre either along for the ride in the description or not indefinitely when i was writing it was my s
On the very good morning to you this is not international. Court hearing is due to start in moscow over allegations the russian authorities wont look into claims alecks in a violent was poisoned the case is being brought by the opposition figures Corruption Foundation of on the remains in a coma in berlin correspondent outside the courthouse in central moscow following events take us through this legal case. Well neal right behind me you can see the court where this hearing is about to take place regarding the complaint that not all news legal team filed against the russian authorities just a few days ago now it was filed for it was filed after the request for a criminal investigation into and of all these alleged poisoning went on answered but thats because the police have yet to find a reason to open a criminal investigation actually their preliminary investigation into the video footage and interviews at the cafe where the Opposition Leader was allegedly drinking his alleged poisone
Setting off investigation orders and and warnings at this hour. At least five different fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties. You know see the big plumes of smoke from the air above the fires. There are now Evacuation Orders in the area of Butano State Park, and people who live in the communities deer born park be under evacuation warnings. Altogether, these fires have burned about 1,000 acres, and right now there is zero containment. All right. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin now. What are firefighters dealing with, and is there in any positive news . Well, what theyre dealing with, frank, we have a live picture of the hennessey fire in napa. What they are dealing sat two and a half days of lightning strikes in the bay area. Unprecedented from my tenure of 35, 40 years in the bay area to have that much lightning that much over adoration over that large of an area. All bears counties had some strikes. Weve seen numerous fires. So cal fire is in a situation where
Washington post columnist, thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. This month, Pulitzer Prize winning author, Colson Whitehead as our guest. His most recent book is the under ground railroad. Mr. Whitehead, whats the appropriate response new book is appraised by oprah, president obama, you won the National Book award, what is the appropriate response . If only it took the pain aw away. [laughter] has taken off in a way thats unexpected and startling and wonderful. Just try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Why does it put you in a better mood . Ive been writing for 20 something years doing fiction 20 some years, sometimes we write a book and people dig it and understand it sometimes write a book and no one cares and its sort of disappears so i have the pride the job i did with the book. Either you dig the groups of two prospectors or you dont and so you are either along for the ride description or not. Definitely when i was writing was my second attempt at a novel. My fir