Now it is my pleasure to introduce tonights speaker. Chris serb has served the Chicago Fire Department for over 20 years and was recently promoted to deputy district chief. With a masters degree in journalism from northwestern universitys middle school of journalism and an mba from northwestern and Kellogg School of management, serve is also an independent journalist. Having written extensively for the chicago tribune. Chicago history writers digest, chicago athlete and mens fitness. Hes the author of two books, sams boys the history of chicagos leon beach and legendary lifeguard sam leon and most recently, war football, world war one and the birth of the nfls, which was selected by the professional Football Researchers Association as winner of the 2019 nelson ross award for Outstanding Achievement in pro football historical research. Will you please join me in welcoming chris serb to the stage. Thank you, laura, for that introduction, and thank you to the National World War One Museum
Northwestern and Kellogg School of management, serve is also an independent journalist. Having written extensively for the chicago tribune. Chicago history writers digest, chicago athlete and mens fitness. Hes the author of two books, sams boys the history of chicagos leon beach and legendary lifeguard sam leon and most recently, war football, world war one and the birth of the nfls, which was selected by the professional Football Researchers Association as winner of the 2019 nelson ross award for Outstanding Achievement in pro football historical research. Will you please join me in welcoming chris serb to the stage. Thank you, laura, for that introduction, and thank you to the National World War One Museum and memorial for having me here tonight. And thanks to all of you for showing up to hear me and listen to what i have to say. Both those of you who are here in person and those of you who are watching this remotely. Before i start, i want to acknowledge a couple of special guests.
Northwestern and Kellogg School of management, serve is also an independent journalist. Having written extensively for the chicago tribune. Chicago history writers digest, chicago athlete and mens fitness. Hes the author of two books, sams boys the history of chicagos leon beach and legendary lifeguard sam leon and most recently, war football, world war one and the birth of the nfls, which was selected by the professional Football Researchers Association as winner of the 2019 nelson ross award for Outstanding Achievement in pro football historical research. Will you please join me in welcoming chris serb to the stage. Thank you, laura, for that introduction, and thank you to the National World War One Museum and memorial for having me here tonight. And thanks to all of you for showing up to hear me and listen to what i have to say. Both those of you who are here in person and those of you who are watching this remotely. Before i start, i want to acknowledge a couple of special guests.
Kayleigh mcenany thanks for being here. Talking a little bit about you and your background how you came to write this book. A lot of the viewers may know me from cnn we have done those channels throughout the election but i really came from a small town in florida if you eat strawberries it is the strawberry capital. Good chance they come from plant city and for me to write a book of how i see this selection in the prism that i grew up in not the confines of cnn or washington but through the prism of a small town girl and the movement that i recognized early on when i endorsed President Trump to be the president and three months after he declared his candidacy for my colleagues recognized that movement as well but they recognize that from the left wing. So there are a few people in the book who make appearances and van jones was part of the Obama Administration with a lot of conservatives at one point thought of him as the boogie man what was your experience with him at cnn . I was inc
Of the four amendments under consideration in the senate. Well bring you that briefing live at 12 15 here on cspan3. And until then, well go back to the segment with delegate plas ket. Our first guest of the morning delegate plas ket from Virgin Islands here to talk about issues about the Reform Committee and other topics. Good morning to you. Good morning. Before we start though, your thoughts on the shooting from yesterday. Weve been through this before. What do you think the reaction from congress will be this time around . I think what well see is members are going to have a moment of silence. They are going to say this is a tragedy. And unfortunately i believe the majority is just going to move on from there and well continue to talk about the things weve been talking about. You know, this raises so much issues. Not just about shooting and gun safety and gun control, but also about mental health, about support systems within our schools, all are things that congress, members of co