Good point. All right. Thank you, everybody. Thank you, david. Im mark tabson, see you at our next freedom certain webinar. Thank you. Booktv continues now on cspan2, television for serious readers. Ordinarily, we come to you live and in person, the mission of fostering stable feminist commitments, working for social justice and encourages the automobile all through these virtual formats. We find it really, really, really significant that we continue to do the programming that we already had scheduled because folks need history as we move through this historic time. Theres really no, i can think of no better book to help us focus on what the movement for black lives needs right now, what we who are white and want to contribute to black lives can do right now. And this man, race man, we have the editor here, michael and pam horowitz. And his widow, we hope, will be on soon. Shes having some technical difficulties. Settle in, make yourself at home. We will get to some question and answer
On sunday, august 2nd booktv is live with media benjamin cofounder of the Political Advocacy Group code pink on in depth, our live monthly callin show. Shes the author or editor of nine books including her most recent an investigation into the use of drones for military purposes, drone warfare. Other titles include the greening of the revolution which examines cubas use of organic agriculture and stop the next war now on how to create political change through activism. Her other books cover topics such as how to aid People Living this the third world profiles of Inspiring Women and further examinations of cuba. Media benjamin, live, sunday august 2nd on in depth. And you can participate by sending your questions or comments to facebook. Com booktv, on twitter booktv or call in. Ginger adams otis talks about the 100year struggle to integrate the new York City Fire department which continues today. The fdny has only 300 black firefighters out of a total of 11,000. During this event held
I think we are getting closer to that. Somebody said do you think there will be a president by that time if young enough maybe. Thank you very much, barney frank. [applause] its a hard thing to believe that the United States of america is spending nearly 1 billion per week in iraq and here in new orleans, the United States we are being neglected. Why do we have to beg and plead when our president , our congressman, our elected leaders when we tell them we need help when its on the media everyday. [applause] this is the United States of america. The young lady mentioned earlier that we rebuilt japan after destroying japan. This is new orleans, a very specific cultural society. I love new orleans. We have purchased a total of 107 trailers on four different sites but when you walk across the street here you will see 42 of them set out for teachers and their Staff Members and that was the only way especially back in november that i could get a staff of the school to teach the children beca
[applause] thank you and welcome barney frank. First ill ask some questions and then well go to questions from the audience which i have one of these cards, so i will access or reject them. [applause] i was hoping you can say a little bit about the two stories that you tried to tell, the political stories that you tried to tell in this book which is about your life and also political work. Its as i start writing that there are two things. I was a normal teenager, my father, working programs. [inaudible] so these hearings were fascinated to me. I also decided something i have to get into politics. I was debating and arguing as i was a kid. Better than some adults. [laughs] i could do that. At the same time i realized [inaudible] so i began to say, i want to be influential, but i never will be because im gay. By the time i retired there was a disparity from being gave and politics, but the order has reversed. [laughs] i get married. I was the first member of congress to have the samesex
Right now at 11 00, in custody, a suspect caught on Surveillance Video. Desecrating a local synagogue turns himself into police. A key piece of evidence located where Authorities Say they found a custom jeep believed to be involved in a deadly hitandrun. Look both sides. I believe theres blame on both sides. And i have no doubt about it and you dont have doubt about it either. President Trump Doubles down he once again says the blame should be shared for the deadly chaos in charlottesville, virginia. The president made those comments during a heated News Conference today at trump tower, ukee washington. Im nicole brewer. David spunt is live in the stat center with reaction to the president s latest remarks. David . Good evening, President Donald Trump is in trump tower. He spoke his mind at the News Conference earlier. Just yesterday, he read prepared remarks from a teleprompter. I think theres blame both sides inside trump tower, President Trump spoke for the third time about out of c