[laughter] nothing like kicking off a presidential campaign with a big fat ally. does this man know what s happening in his state? i won one county alone at least 100 books were pulled from school libraries because of the complaints of one person? pan america, the nonprofit group that advocates for free expense freshen is monitoring these bans across the country, alongside publisher pen penguin random house. they filed a lawsuit against a florida school district for removing books related to race in the lgbtq community after high school teacher complained. joining me now is suzanne nossel pen america ceo, and ashley ho perez, a plaintive in the suit and author of out of darkness, one of the most banned books in recent years, according to pan america. thank you both for being here. ms. suzanne nossel, please explain your lost suit. great to see you, joy. great to be here. we are suing in escambia county challenging under the first amendment in the 14th amendment
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Club arthur s, george m. johnson, and ashley ho perez, are among at least 160 titles about race and lgbtq identity that have been challenged or removed from library shelves. but this week, johnson and perez, along with other authors and parents, the free speech errors and the publisher pen would random house. filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the bush bans on the grounds of violating the first amendment. i ll talk to both authors about being banned, fighting back, and reading as resistance. that s 10 am tomorrow morning. i hope you ll join us. the 11th hour with my friend stephanie ruhle begins right now. y friend stephanie ruhle begi tonight,k ticking, white house negotiators leave the capitol after more talks on the debt ceiling. we are breaking that down, and shaking things up with a friday night cap. as well as their mvp picks of the week. then, montana, now the first state to ban tiktok. but how exactly can it be
If we don t, if ukraine falls, i think you can expect more of the same from other leaders. we have demonstrated that we are not serious enough about standing our ground. that business about expecting more from other leaders is important. autocracy around the world is not shrinking. ambassador, always a treat to see, thank you so much, marie yovanovitch form united states ambassador to ukraine during trump and obama administrations. the velshi banned book club s motorway, we re talking a two familiar faces, one of our first ever authors in the club, george m. johnson the author of all boys aren t blue. and ashley ho perez, the author of out of darkness. johnson and perez s book have been challenged again and again across the nation. they, along with p.e.n. america and penguin random house, took matters into their own hands, and filed federal lawsuit against the school district in florida. the last time perez was on, velshi banned book club, back in july of last year, i asked her about
Metaphors, seeing yourself in the protagonists. is a form of resistance. now, we re seeing a new form of resistance. against florida s literary censorship. the publishing giant, penguin random house, free speech organization pin america, some american parents including johnson and perez came together this week and filed a federal lawsuit against florida s escambia county school district courts book bans. alleging that the district and its school board violated the first amendment, by removing these books from shelves. the lawsuit asserts, in part, quote, ensuring that students have access to books on a wide range of topics and expressing a diversity of viewpoints supports a core function of public education, for preparing students to be thoughtful and engaged citizens. in contravention of these basic principles, the lawsuit alleges, escambia county has set up to exclude certain ideas from their school libraries, by removing or restricting books, some of which have been on the shelves