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Welcome back to "the lead." i'm john berman in for jake tapper. in our pop lead today, the wait is over. "go set a watchman," the recently discovered harper lee manuscript is available today as an actual book. 55 years after the publication of "to kill a mockingbird," the new book raising questions about the classic characters found in "mockingbird," particularly atticus finch. "go set a watchman" has renewed interest and scrutiny in the famously reclusive author as well. cnn's correspondent ed lavandera in lee's hometown monroeville, alabama. >> reporter: no one here ever expected to read ano...

And by way of background the bush campaign e-mailed out the statement that you saw in my piece to make sure we all saw it that's very telling. >> i think in terms of the candidates he might be drawing from look at the candidates who are sort of supporting what he's saying on immigration. candidate like ben carson like ted cruz those are the people who stand to gain the most should donald trump kind of disappear into a ravine at some point. so those are the folks that seem to be supporting him because they figure that they can pick up his support at some point. >> interesting. who's scott walke...

Pounds. age -- 6 years. internet celebrity, master of cute. i have seen you on youtube. aren't you the cutest dog in the world? >> oh my goodness. look at the face. >> reporter: boo is a pomeranian with a haircut, one that has everyone reaching out, even if some aren't sure what he is. >> a dog or a panda! >> a panda? you are not a panda, but you are awfully cute. are you looking at the new definition of celebrity. simple. mass appeal. and master of social media. oh, look, it's you. boo has two books out. this day he gave out autographs. >> a real dog, not a statue. >> reporter: his second boo...

Weight -- nine pounds. age -- 6 years. internet celebrity, master of cute. i have seen you on youtube. aren't you the cutest dog in the world? >> oh my goodness. look at the face. >> reporter: boo is a pomeranian with a haircut, one that has everyone reaching out, even if some aren't sure what he is. >> a dog or a panda! >> a panda? you are not a panda, but you are awfully cute. you're looking at the new definition of celebrity. simple. mass appeal. and master of social media. oh, look, it's you. boo has two books out. this day he gave out autographs. >> a real dog, not a statue. >> reporter...

Some omissions and compressions. that there are discrepancies that have to do with compression over events acknowledging he took literary license. >> the standards for nonfiction are pretty clear. you don't compress to the point of creating a story that isn't true relative to what actually happened and that clearly did happen in this case. >> and nbc news has learned there could be a problem with more tennison's second book, sktion stones in schools." he described this man as a former taliban fighter. but when nbc news interviewed him in pakistan two years ago, we could not verify his taliban ...