And thank you tonight for cspan for being here. This is a first for me. Maybe you guys are used to this. Im going to cover just a few basic things before we get started. Copies of the book are available downstairs. I think they are at the register. You can purchase them there and then bring them up here to get signed after the event. If you could take a moment silence your phones, i think we would all appreciate that. Youre welcome to take photographs. You can post them on social media, if theyre good. And then after the event, or after the author has finished speaking it will be a q a. Then if you could please wait for a mic, come by with a a microphone so we can all hear your question, that would be great. All right, lets get started. James hornfischer, hes a writer, a literary agent and a former book editor. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller neptune inferno, the last and other 10 can sailors and the ship of goes. Hes widely acclaimed historical accounts of the u. S.
They got those shields that would block bullets. And they had assault rifles, shotguns, heck of police in there. There. Reporter so that in turn made him nervous because he wasnt sure what was going on here. Watching right now theres an officer running across the street with one of those shields. We had seen some officers that appeared to be staged on the roof of buildings across the street, but really its unclear at this point exactly what police are dealing with. Again, reports of a man who was possibly armed but then we also were hearing reports of a possible incendiary device. The one thing i can say for sure, whatever is going on here, it has led police to expand this perimeter multiple times over the last couple of hours, and you can see the streets are largely empty here at 16th and valencia. There had been dozens of people. Its a warm afternoon, its a friday afternoon, people are leaving work, people live around here, work around here and there each of these street corners. You
3 Million People would be without power as the storm hits, so thats absolutely one of the big threats in addition to the cause of the power, the downed power lines, seeing f iing foot the power lines going down and look and sound like fourworks. Thats the fireworks the storm is bringing at this point, leaving people without power and with a threat. You know, the governor yesterday night mentioning that people really need to stay away from the standing water yeah. Governor calling it a monster of a storm trying to warn as many people. Lauren lyster live in the hurricane zone, lauren, thank you. One of the things lauren mentioned is the power going out. I mean, it moves much beyond this storm. Dealing with the affects of this weeks and weeks and moments to come, so a big long road ahead for a lot of folks. Also, as we mentioned at the top of the show, its not just the people in florida that are been cancelled across the country, so its a nationwide impact and will impact tomorrow, ft. La
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Know, as you mentioned, thousands of people already have, and concern is as many as 3 Million People would be without power as the storm hits, so thats absolutely one of the big threats in addition to the cause of the power, the downed power lines, seeing footage of the power lines going down and look and sounds like fireworks. Thats the fireworks the storm is bringing at this point, leaving people without power and with a threat. You know, the governor yesterday night mentioning that people really need to stay away from the standing water and away from power lines. Yeah. The governor calling it a monster of a storm trying to warn as many people. Lauren lyster live in the hurricane zone, lauren, thank you. One of the things lauren mentioned is the power going out. I mean, it moves much beyond this storm. Weeks and weeks and moments to come, so a big long road ahead for a lot of folks. Also, as we mentioned at the top of the show, its not just the people in florida that are dealing with