Im bradly graham the cohonor of politics and prose and welcome and thank you so much for coming. We were vers very excited when we learned of last years hearings on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court that ruth marcus was writing a book on the subject because we knee that if anyone could deliver an indepth hen the scene s account of what happened, and also put the whole drama into a grander plate context it would be ruth. Her bookes revealing and incitele and evened hands and fast pace and elusive pros makes for a compelling read. In the acknowledgments she calls thats book she has been preparing to write for her entire career. And indeed she brought to it a wealth of knowledge and experience. Out indicate net history at yale and the how at harvard she went into journalism after he studies and spent 35 years at the Washington Post, closely observing how washington works and developing a wide network of friends and sources. I think nearly all of whom are here tonight.
Werent really going to have an instore event this week but then we heard ruths book was coming out so we decided we had to have it. [applause] so thank you very much for bearing with us. I am Bradley Graham the cone are of politics and prose along with my wife lissa muscatine. Thank you so much for coming. We were very excited when we learned after last years clematis hearings on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court that ruth marcus was writing a book on the subject because we knew that if anyone could deliver an indepth behindthescenes account of what happened and also put the whole drama into a grand and political context it would be roof. She hasnt disappointed. Her new look supreme ambition is fastpaced and makes for a really compelling read. In the acknowledge mens rev calls this a book shes been preparing to ride for her entire career and indeed she brought to it a wealth of knowledge and experience, educated in history at yale and harvard ruth went right into
Obama finds no easy answers and plenty of contradictions and the problems of our time. But his other books include the breakthrough essay collection, my misspent youth and the unspeakable, which won the penn center usa award for creative nonfiction. Shes also received fellowships from the guggenheim and National Endowment for the arts fellowships and she teaches in the mfa writing program at columbia university. Thank you all for coming out. Im always really relieved when people show up. I love coming to the strand and i love seeing people very early in my career, not that really, actually earlier i was on a book tour i was in minneapolis, in st. Paul and it turned out to be the same night that David Sedaris was doing a reading at the university in minneapolis and in like a stadium basically. Anybody who was anybody who cared about this went to see david who did errors except for one young woman who showed up at my event and she had driven 100 miles from her parents farm to come see me
Later, dayton, mass shooting. Weve had some of the worst Mass Shootings in the history and not a darn thing is being done in washington, d. C. , not a darn thing. The governor called out President Trump and senator mill asking them to take and push back against the powerful gun lobby. At some point, these School Shootings will decrease, but at this rate not any time soon. This marks the 85th instance of gun violence on School Grounds this year. Several organizations keep track of the statistics, including every town for gun safety. Heres what they found. All the red dots here, you can see across the country from the bay area all the way to the east coast and down in the south, all the red dots represent where a shooting happened where someone died. 13 of those dark red dots. The lighter red dots, the pink dots that you s wounded. Thats 30 of them there. The white dots represent instances where a firearm was shot, but no one injured. This is a developing story so well keep following it
Back on to campus. Reporter the head of the Task Force Says the spike might be due to social issues on the streets or gang members just released from Juvenile Hall who revert back to their old ways. In these cases, the experts could be worse. But its two on twos, threes on threes. But the potential for mob mentality to break loose and loyalties and friendships and alignments to break loose. Reporter parents are also worried. Im really worried about whats going on in the high schools especially what i saw on the video. Were going to provide all the resources to try to calm things down. Reporter and Law Enforcement sources tell me this problem is not exclusive to the east Side Union High schois across the south bay. Were in san jose, damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. Another School Shooting. A student opened fire at a school in Southern California and when it was over, two students were dead and three other injured. It happened at Saugus High School. The suspected gunman, a student. He