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Assignments in class and all of that, they come together with essays and all. the fact that you took this one step further in a big way to write a book. that is quite amazing. what got you to the point to say you know what? i'm going to put a book together. >> i never really thought of it as writing a book. i thought of it as writing a story. in fourth grade, i didn't write stories at all. i just wrote poetry. it wasn't really my thing to write stories. i never really liked it very much. they all turned out sort of weird. later on, when i start getting the 20 pages, 30 pages, 40 pages, a littl...

With the ideas, that they'll see hey, you know what? actually if she can do that, why can't i do it, too? that's what i thought when i was reading the book. i made me think if she can do it, i can do it, too. she was only like a few years older than me. i really, really was inspired by her. >> uma: i know your book is in 28 countries right now. i know the reaction has been quite positive. what do you think about all of that? it must be wonderful. are you on to another project? are you going to write another book? >> i'm really happy to know that people think my book is good. they think it's re...

>> uma: amy kellogg in turkey. thank you for the update. the clock is ticking for review of evidence in appeal of knamanda knox trial. the appeals court appointed two independent experts to review dna evidence used in her conviction. they will begin on february 9 and have 90 days. the next hearing is march 12. we are getting word on what is on tap for president obama's "state of the union" on tuesday night. despite america's massive debt, "wall street journal" reports that he plans to increase spending in a variety of areas. peter doocy has more. what can you tell us? >> i can tell you with ...

Who died this week at the age of 95. this is at our lady of mercy church. this, again, you can see from the video there. a number of dignitaries, including president clinton and michelle obama at the funeral service today. now, you can expect the economy to be a major focus in president obama's upcoming "state of the union" address. over the last few weeks, we have learned that the president is overhauling his economic team to find ways to help more than 14 million americans still out of work. joining us now, "new york times" magazine peter baker to offer insight on new team and updated strate...

>> uma: that report from linda schmidt. michelle placed a lot of the blame on what she called the city of new york poor response to the snow clean-up, since the christmas blizzard. new york city installed g.p. sbz devices on the snowplows and made a public effort to improve the overall snow removal. up next, is the history channel rewriting history? while much of washington celebrates the 50th anniversary of j.f.k.'s inauguration. it's with a you're not seeing that -- what you're not seeing that has some on the right upset. i can't believe i used to swing ov those rocks... took some foolish ri...