So thank you all for spending the evening with us. Im very thrilled today be collaborating with some of the best indie bookstores the country that source booksellers in detroit raven bookstore in lawrence kansas and books and books in miami to welcome roger wando for the release of my seven black fathers our activist memoir of race family the mentors who made him whole in conversation with jelani cobb. Ladies of housekeeping. Before we get started, weve enabled zooms audio transcribe settings. So if your version of zoom is up to date, hit the live transcription button at the bottom of your screen to enable closed captions. If you have any questions for guests, please click the q a button, which is also at the bottom of your screen to submit them. We will be asking those at the end of the program, so please dont be shy. Theres also a chat box which i will be posting links to by tonights book from each if you havent already. And one caveat for tonight is that were all at the mercy of our
Best indie bookstores the country that source booksellers in detroit raven bookstore in lawrence kansas and books and books in miami to welcome roger wando for the release of my seven black fathers our activist memoir of race family the mentors who made him whole in conversation with jelani cobb. Ladies of housekeeping. Before we get started, weve enabled zooms audio transcribe settings. So if your version of zoom is up to date, hit the live transcription button at the bottom of your screen to enable closed captions. If you have any questions for guests, please click the q a button, which is also at the bottom of your screen to submit them. We will be asking those at the end of the program, so please dont be shy. Theres also a chat box which i will be posting links to by tonights book from each if you havent already. And one caveat for tonight is that were all at the mercy of our Home Internet connections. So bear with any technical issues that might arise. Well try to resolve them qui
And took it americans back to work. Additionally another piece of legislation we work very hard on in a bipartisan way with the governors is worked to preserve the ability and capacity of our National Guard in our individual states. To make sure our National Guard does not receive disproportionate tests and also damaging reductions that would affect our ability as governors in states to be able to take care of our citizens. So we are encouraged that the house has passed the National Defense authorization act which protects the National Guard core structure and also the aircraft from damaging cuts as well as Senate Legislation that will establish an independent commission to examine the Army Force Structure and about the guard and reserve guard and our state. The National Commission on the future of the army aquifers are the personnel as well as the aircraft, while the provision provides a muchneeded review of the costsaving proposals for both active and the reserve components of the Na
To date, hit the live transcription button at the bottom of your screen to enable closed captions. If you have any questions for guests, please click the q a button, which is also at the bottom of your screen to submit them. We will be asking those at the end of the program, so please dont be shy. Theres also a chat box which i will be posting links to by tonights book from each if you havent already. And one caveat for tonight is that were all at the mercy of our Home Internet connections. So bear with any technical issues that might arise. Well try to resolve them quickly. And finally, we have a great lineup of events planned for you this spring. So do head over to our Website Community bookstore dot net. Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date. So now a little about tonights and we will get started. Roger rondeau is an attorney and activist a Community Leader and a Council Member in county, maryland, a Diverse Community of more than 1 million residents called the meter. We nee
Overnight human charred remains have been found. Are they the remains of Christopher Dorner . We have expert insight into the unfolding drama. And president obama lays out his vision for the nation in the state of the Union Address. His big schal length . Getting congress to act on gun violence. The families of newtown deserve a vote. The families of aurora deserve a vote. Also this morning, the two gop responses. Well dig into those as well. Also new this morning, Pope Benedict xvi speaks out for the First Time Since his shocking resignation. What he told followers as they celebrate ash wednesday. Plus, 4,000 people on that stranded cruise ship slowly being pulled to shore at this very minute and it is frankly gross out there. We have the latest. Wednesday, february 13th. A special edition of starting point begins right now. Welcome, everybody. Youre watching starting point. Comi coming to you from the nations capit capital. We have complete coverage from the president s state of the