politics more broadly. because i know that many of you may know me much better from my sort of public roles than from an academic role. so this book, sister citizen, is a long time coming. it feels like i ve been doing a lot of press lately about the book. people keep saying why did you write this book now? i didn t write this book now. i ve been writing this book for a really long time, and i just happened to manage to finally finish it and get it published now. but it s a book where i had the very, very first ideas about it a decade ago, longer ago now than that. the very first data collected for this book was around 2000. i ll tell you the very, very first thing that inspired me to think about it was watching a commercial. i want to say it was like united way or some other sort of psa commercial. and in it they had an african-american girl running through sort of typical we would see presented on television black urban ghetto, who knows what neighborhood it was. she s go
really dates back to 1949. and you just see him on screen like that. 140 films in all. he reportedly was even working on a new film at the age of 85. and we look back this morning. and he had a full life. look at the leading ladies he had. notally wood, marilyn monroe. a lot to go back on this morning. also this morning, the potential bombshell in the california governor s race. did republican meg whitman know that her own housekeeper was in the country illegally? the housekeeper came forward to make the charge. whitman denied it. we re going to hear from whitman, the billionaire who ran ebay, and attorney, gloria allred, who is representing the candidate s former maid. that s an exclusive here on good morning america. in moments, we begin with wicked weather and rain soaking the east coast. tornado watches from new jersey to north carolina. that s where we find sam, in north carolina. you think when it s all said and done, you think this could be worse than hurricane
and look at this. a so-called solar laser ray. torching a man s hair poolside. we ll show you how this could also be happening at your home. and good morning, everyone. so sad to wake up this morning to the news of tony curtis. what a career he had. remarkable. really dates back to 1949. and you just see him on screen like that. 140 films in all. he reportedly was even working on a new film at the age of 85. and we look back this morning. and he had a full life. look at the leading ladies he had. notally wood, marilyn monroe. a lot to go back on this morning. also this morning, the potential bombshell in the california governor s race. did republican meg whitman know that her own housekeeper was in the country illegally? the housekeeper came forward to make the charge. whitman denied it. we re going to hear from whitman, the billionaire who ran ebay, and attorney, gloria allred, who is representing the candidate s former maid. that s an exclusive here on good morni
good morning. breaking news. former president bill clinton making a surprise visit to north korea this morning to negotiate the release of two u.s. journalists. will they be coming home with him? depressed nation. a new report finds the use of antidepressants doubled over nine years. what s goingn? and courtroom surprise. michael jackson s dermatologist asks for a say in the custody of jackson s two oldest children. why is he so interested? we ll ask katherine jackson s attorney in an exclusive interview today, tuesday, attorney in an exclusive interview today, tuesday, august 4th, 2009. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this tuesday morning, i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. let s start by talking about that breaking news this morning. former president bill clinton is in north korea, hoping to bring american journalists laura ling d euna lee back home with him. president clinton arrived in north korea s capital city py