All right, were about to get the event started. You also much for coming. We are a packed house tonight. Welcome, were really excited to host the event tonight around, this is almost a twopart event for tonight, reading from the contributors of the book and then followed by a Panel Discussion and there will be q and a, all that amazing stuff afterwards but i just wanted to give you a big round of applause and thanks for coming out because its support from Community Members like yourself that independent booksellers can keep growing and continuing to be around. In fact, were opening up a new location in the south street seaport come august 1 id love to see you there. Just a few housekeeping notes for tonight , there will be an audience q and a after the Panel Discussion. Plus a chance to have a book signed so you will see books over here and behind that will move to the stable. For the q a portion we ask that you keep your questions concise and respectful and for the book make sure to p
The hot car death of their toddler son. New and eye opening details about what the father was allegedly doing while his son was dying. We begin, though, with the breaking news. Fresh israeli air strikes on gaza, the government approving the callup of 1,500 troops. And as we said, a name for all of it right now, operation protective edge. The latest development in the growing cycle of kidnapping, murder, revenge, air strikes and rocket attacks. A cycle including these rocket attacks that one israeli official openly admits could soon grow even worse. The idea of the spokesman telling the new york times, if last week we were talking about calm being answered by calm, we are now talking about preparing for an escalation. Theres that, the killing of three israelis, the fiery revenge killing of a young palestinian, the beating of a palestinianamerican boy. And sadly, a whole lot more. Cnns ben wedeman is covering all of it and joining us from jerusalem. Ben, i understand theres been a new ro