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>> schieffer: good morning again. well, we are all here and i'm going to start with kathryn stockett because, among those of us who write books from time to time, you are the hero. how long has that book been on the best seller list? >> i try not to keep track of numbers like that, but it seems like it's been a very long time. >> schieffer: back to 2009, right? >> it came out in february of '09. and somehow, i am still on book tour. i need to write another one. >> schieffer: and it is still number one on the paperback list, isn't it? >> yeah. i mean, it's hovering around there somewh...

list, isn't it? >> yeah. i mean, it's hovering around there somewhere. but i know this is short lived. >> schieffer: it's not short lived so far. i'll tell you that for sure. it is a book that i must say, it is pitch perfect. i grew up in that era. i grew up in forth wrt. this is is the story about these black women who raised white babies across the south. it is simply a remarkable story. you've really caught it exactly right. why... how did you come upon or how did you get the idea of writing this book? >> living downtown in new york city and was, you know, trying to write a book. ...

>> yes. >> then you are excused from the witness table at this time. also, the palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, rejects appeals from the obama white house and asks the united nations for recognition as an independent state. >> translator: at a time when the arab peoples affirm their quest for democracy in what is called now the arab spring, the time has come also for the palestinian spring, the time for independence. but up first tonight, testing time for republican presidential front-runner rick perry. this from earlier today, a textbook example of playing it safe. >> our pres...

palestinian spring, the time for independence. but up first tonight, testing time for republican presidential front-runner rick perry. this from earlier today, a textbook example of playing it safe. >> our president, the great promiser of hope and change, he has delivered neither. >> this, on the other hand? call this throwing fuel on the fire. >> my friend, governor perry, said if you don't agree with his position on giving that in-state tuition to illegals, that you don't have a heart. i think if you're opposed to illegal immigration, it doesn't mean that you don't have a heart. ...

ream rolled through, thousands have been without power. >> it is one of those, you do what you have to do. make the best of the situation. no one is really angry or upset about things. , thousandsmore city draw are without power like tracy johnson. she and her neighbors lost power when this tree fell on lines in her backyard. now she is scrambling to save food by bringing it to her son's house. >> i have a freezer full of food, so i am getting ready to take it over to his house. it has been very uncomfortable, no lights or no nothing. >> amazingly, the at is taking the damage and pow...