is it the strength question mark is at the toughness, is at the independence question mark carey: i think she feels real to me to a modern-day audience. at the time, the book in the characters were widely criticized because that was so against the grain and how met -- and how women were not meant to be a. -- to behave. i think they said the only believable characters in the book were the sheep because they thought this woman could not be real. if you read it now, it's amazing. there are whole passages that dive into her mind in an interesting way. those thought process are very authentic. charlie: how do you translate that to the screen? carey: it's difficult. it's a two-hour adaptation of an epic novel. that's the sort of great challenge of adapting things like that. we started with a good script with david nichols. he felt strongly about the book and i was a real stickler so i brought it on set with me and thomas and i would argue. it was up to me i would have the entire book word for word on the screen. but you cannot do that for an adaptation. carey: you can do that on television. exa

and mark levin wins the democratic primary. he'll run unopposed come november and represent alexandria and small parts of arlington and fairfax county. speaking of alexandria northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is in the studio with us to break all this down tonight. were there signs the mayor was vulnerable? >> well, there has been pent-up discontent over some residents over development in the city, and many don't feel it fits in with the historic character of alexandria. that very motivated bloc of voters blamed mayor euille. news4's camera was the only one there tonight when allison silberberg declared victory and thanked her supporters. >> i'm very honored tonight to stand before you as the next mayor of alexandria. [ cheering ] >> silberberg has been alexandria's vice mayor. she ran on a platform of reining in developers and soliciting more citizen input on decisions on growth. virginia's open primary system where anyone can cast a ballot she was helped by republicans. republicans for silberberg signs dotted some ne