Tweet us, twitter. Com. book tv or post a comment on her facebook page, facebook. Com. book tv. Man have your attention please. Please take your seats. The presentation is about to begin. Be aware there will most likely be a question and answer time at the end of the presentation and when its time you can go to one of the two microphones on either side of the stage and lineup. To begin i would like to introduce eric dagan, tv critic for npr. Tvpplause]. How are you doing. Thank you for joining us here. We appreciate itwe and as was said my name is eric dagan. I have written a lot about race and media and have also interviewed henson for the smithsonian, so we have a bit here. Our esteemed guest, the daughter of a nasa scientistshe and english professor, virginian native. You worked in Investment Banking . That was my first job out of school. And also a magazine inside mexico. Yesic. Started working on Hidden Figures in 2010 news and became a york times number one best seller and spawne
States . Drones. We know the military uses them. Well, get ready for drones possibly buzzing your house. And forget steroids. Adderall is the new p. E. D. And four nfl players are suspended. Cup of joe, only one question left. Something you would buy . No, not at all. Newsroom starts now. Good morning to you. Thank you so much for being with me. Im carol costello. We begin in washington today where president obama will play host to mitt romney this afternoon andn what could be one of the most anticipated meals in the Nations Capital since thanksgiving. White house correspondent dan lothian joins me now. So, i dont know. I would love to be a fly on the wall. Wouldnt you . No cameras allowed inside for this lunch. This is something the president said he wanted to do in his victory speech, sit down with mitt romney and talk about moving the country foor. You look back to a few weeks ago when both these candidates were going at each other, the president criticizing mitt romney, the 47 for