i love that song. he actually wrote was it 47 46 children s books. can i tell you something funny? every time someone talks about people who overcome adversity, they bring up dr. seuss because they say his first book he wrote he went to 27 different publishers and they all rejected him and they wrote things like, that s not the kind of thing juveniles enjoy reading, thank you. if you are on something and feel like you have a great idea and people keep telling you no don t give up. he kept going and look at him. when you first try to get a job out of college, how many different 27. yes. 27. that s the magic number. what was his name? stan in greenville, mississippi. and he said hoda he said yes. he said hoda he said, i like what i see. you do? everyone else said they didn t like what they saw. when you saw my pictures from the 80s, you ll understand why they didn t. but he did. we love that guy. so the first one he wrote was called an
i love that song. he actually wrote was it 47 46 children s books. can i tell you something funny? every time someone talks about people who overcome adversity, they bring up dr. seuss because they say his first book he wrote he went to 27 different publishers and they all rejected him and they wrote things like, that s not the kind of thing juveniles enjoy reading, thank you. if you are on something and feel like you have a great idea and people keep telling you no don t give up. he kept going and look at him. when you first try to get a job out of college, how many different 27. yes. 27. that s the magic number. what was his name? stan in greenville, mississippi. and he said hoda he said yes. he said hoda he said, i like what i see. you do? everyone else said they didn t like what they saw. when you saw my pictures from the 80s, you ll understand why they didn t. but he did. we love that guy. so the first one he wrote was called
on the camera risers that are located in the back of the pavilion. and, please, silence your cell phones, please. that s a disclaimer, and we ll move on. um, we have a wonderful writer who s going to speak to us. let me first say i m kevin merida, that s what i should have said, national editor at the washington post. and we re proud charter sponsors of this festival for the last 11 years, and it s great to be with you. james l. swanson, the first thing i noticed about his bio is that he s born on february 12th which happens, also, to be the birthday of abraham lincoln. and be so you could say in a way that he was destined to write the edgar award-winning and new york times bestseller manhunt: the 12-day chase for lincoln s killer, the young readers version [inaudible] manhunt was listed by entertainment weekly in 2006 as one of the ten best books of the year, and it was cite inside newsweek as one of the two best nonfiction crime books ever written. truman capot
rouge and new orleans, the two biggest cities in louisiana. but it means tiny communities could soon be under many feet of water. this is what it looked like in 1973. the one and only time the morganza spillway had to be opened. there s no guarantee it will even work. the mississippi river is already dangerously high in new orleans. the army corps of engineers is hoping that by diverting water through two spillways will lower the river level and spare the city. so far, the corps says opening the morganza spillway appears to be having the desired effect. the biggest test is still days away, the highest water, hundreds of miles up river. this is greenville, mississippi, that you re looking at right now. a live report from there, and it is being inundated, straight ahead on cnn. let s get right to ed lavandera who was there when the morganza spillway was opened just about three hours ago. ed, tell us about it. ed lavandera is joining us on the phone. ed, can you hear us? repor
beautiful girl. larry: and me. we re going to miss the tar out of you. larry: next on larry king live. it s all taking and no giving larry: good evening. what a great holiday week guest. dolly parton award winning song singer song writer. actress, author and owner of dollywood theme park. last appearance on our show while we re still a show. always happy to see the incomparable dolly. hearse a sampling of some of her appearances on this program. watch. good morning captain i will always love you talking about me not running for president because they asked me if i would. i told him i think we ve had enough boobs in the white house. i m glad it worked out though. i love being on your show. larry: why are you always a beat? anything we ever do with you dolly is never down. well, i want to be my best for you. of course you wouldn t want me to come on your show being down, would you? of course i m like everybody else. i have my moments but for the most par