Book club get started quick. It exists because of one young man who wanted to give back but go his name was glenn and was on death row in texas at the age of 16. He wrote a letter to kelly taylor and myself at the time when we were Television News producers in dc at australia broadcasting and basically said i want to stay alive and i want the world to know how many men of color are on death row. He was next ordinary person and human being. And then they became friends. She is a book lover they would read the same book and discuss it by letters. So the idea for the book club was born because after he was executed in 2000, he wanted us to work with the youth charges we started free mines just for the boys that are in the adult criminal legal system. But then the insatiable curiosity and hunger for knowledge and learning took over and young men wanted to keep it going so eventually starting 2002 and 2005 we became an official nonprofit. Host how many prisons or jails around the country qu
The u. S. Senate and on this tuesday scheduled to hold a brief pro forma session. No votes are typically scheduled during these sessions. Lawmakers meeting every three Business Days during their district work period and legislative work expected to resume on monday, september 9. This is live coverage here on cspan2. The floor of the u. S. Senate empty on this tuesday morning. The senate remained on their summer break, but during the break they hav had been holdingt are known as pro forma sessions, typically brief gavel in cavil at sessions. No votes are typically scheduled during the sessions, and as we await the start of this pro forma session which was expected to begin at 10 00, we are now 10 12. Live live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. We are Still Standing by with this live picture of the use senate chamber. The Senate Schedule told a brief pro forma session that was set for 10 a. M. Eastern. Obviously running a little bit behind. The Senate State Work Period continue. Law
We will have about 15 minutes for q a. We have any representatives in the room . Think them. [applause] at the pleasure of introducing our moderator. Not only an attorney with the Jackson Law Firm but recently retired as general in the air national guard. Thank you for your service. [applause] welcome everyone to this final panel of the afternoon. We want to extend a special welcome for those who may be watching this on cspan. Im not sure how i ended up being the moderator here. The owner of the bookstore for whom ive purchased many books on world war ii, suggests i might be an appropriate moderator. I was born april 24, 1944 during world war ii. I was born six weeks before dday. My father was serving overseas in the Army National guard, sorry, the u. S. Army. World war ii has always had a profound influence upon my family and my childhood and my entire life. In a moment i will introduce all three of the distinguished authors who constitute our panel this afternoon. I would like to rec
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