Facebook. Com booktv. My forthcoming book is called r freedom now, and i have an edited volume, black women respond to michelle obama. I want to welcome everybody on behalf of the links, wonderful organization here in charlottesville, virginia, as well as the Virginia Foundation for the humanities and the producers of the virginia festival of the book. Please turn off all your cell phones, okay . I will just tell you the festival is free of charge, not free of cost. So please remember to go online and give back or pick be up a giving envelope from the information desk at the omni hotel and support your festival so we may sustain it for many, many years. Please till out the evaluations, these provide useful information that helps the festival continue to be free and open to the public. Following the talk there will be a book sale so, please, support our fabulous authors by buying tear books, okay their books, okay . And the program today is called africanamerican stories of work, change
And also very good about corruption. They went to get installed of big guns. That this is where were going is what fascinates me. Gaul other than the revelation i thank you had a lot of fun writing the book. Then you think now what am i going to do . But i really felt it was fun. Yes. Is there a movie deal . We are working on it. [applause] i will not say anything until it happens. Thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] here is in the house we have the book for sale on the counter. That was a wonderful presentation. Give her another hand. [applause] [inaudible conversations] host joining us now on booktv, what do you write about . The latest book is called the eyes on target about the navy seals but it is different about the culture culture, what makes them different and unique. They spend millions of dollars to discover how when a navy seal is made what makes some people make it through basic training and 70 fail their luck at demographics and family background and
All. We will begin a florida later on on washington journal. Talking to people on both sides of the aisle. We will begin with those late the ciders. How did you make up your mind . Or if you think you are going to make up your mind and the last 13 days, we want to assure you as well. If you are supporting governor 1. Mney called calle202585388 if you are supporting obama call 2025853880 0. If you are supporting another candidate call 2025853882. Go to twitter. Com campaign 2012. How did you make up your mind and when . Since the first president ial debate how and when did you make up your mind . Late decider is only. Or if you think you were going to make up your mind during the next 13 days. Here is the wall street journal. Candidates a bottle to lock up key states. Mitt romney will spend much of the final two weeks of the campaign presenting himself as a bipartisan bridge builder. That is the wall street journal. And in the Washington Post trying to rebut criticism. Republican nomine
That is essential to your choice. That is trust. When you choose a president you do not know what is going to come up. When i was running in 2008 we did not know that we would see the Financial System completely implode. We did not know that the Automobile Industry might go under. We did not understand what i happening in terms of an arab spring. You both did of someone who you thought you could trust to work for you every single day. Trust matters. I think you have seen over the past four years is that i mean what i say. I do what i say i am going to do. We have not finished everything that we want to get done. That is why im running for a second term. Every time i set foot in the oval office i am fighting for your families. With your help i kept many of the major commitments. I told you i would in the war in iraq. We ended it. I said we would in the war in afghanistan. We are. I said we would refocus on terrorists who attacked as on 9 11. Now have a new tower rising above the new yor
Is. As donald trump seeks reelection despite it all. Which is why joe biden is taking steps to push his campaign into high gear tomorrow. This is an special unique moment for the Biden Campaign, biden is boasting strong poll numbers, leading the sitting president by eight points. Season a fox news poll. But with the ups come the downs. Biden risked alienating his base with significant missteps as recently as this week. Which is why careen john pierre matters. Part of the obama 2008 campaign who became a staffer and an author and while we still had her an msnbc contributor and fan favor, careen adds crucial credibility and experience to team biden. But she also enhances the team in another way. As a senior adviser, she will join what until now has been a rather exclusive club. Despite the presence of high profile africanamerican staffers, like senior advisers Simone Sanders and despite the fact that black voters literally rescued bidens third president ial campaign from certain demise,