All right, time. Did everybody get it . Okay if you are still figuring it out i wont tell. But let me just close by saying this. We are so inundated i think with news of mayhem and mishap and war and disease. I think sometimes we forget how much good work is being done day in and day out by a lot of good people who just care about their kids, care about their communities. In your districts i know there are extraordinary teachers and principals who are putting everything they have got into making sure our kids are getting a great education and we have parents who are stepping up in volunteering and helping to make those schools work. So as you disburse one message i want you to deliver to all of them from the white house from the president of the United States is even if you are not getting a lot of attention, even if you are not making a lot of headlines what you were doing every single day is making the biggest possible difference in the lives of this country and i couldnt be prouder
Service to the American Literary community will go to ms. Zimmer we will learn more about that this evening. This is the booktv coverage of the red carpet of the National Book awards in new york city. After this you will see the actual board sarah ray. Awards ceremony. Good to see you. [inaudible conversations] spec on the red carpet right now is one of the finalists. Shes having her picture taken. Hopefully we can talk to her in just a minute as a cartoonist of the new yorker. Joining us now on their red carpet is David Steinberger president and ceo of Perseus Publishing Group and also chairman of the National Book foundation and. What is that . The National Book foundation is committed to increase the impact of culture what we are best known for is a National Book awards it is great to see her up there it is the first graphic novel or the first graphic works ever to win it is for her amazing book. Host did we just hear your vote . I dont have the vote we have judges we fly in from ar
The kids grew up. Working on the same health care program. They are coworkers, essentially. Fell in fell in love and have the troublesome children that they have now. Host here is the cover of the book. You talk about that life is not all bad on the reservation,. Guest my cousin, my first cousin. He has been in prison for a while on a number of charges i may argue that our lives are not tragic, but they are hard. He grew up close but has had it much harder than i. So even in one family you have a range of experiences, but he we will be the first person to say that his life is not a tragedy. I am hopeful and proud of him. Host indian casinos good for the reservation . Guest have corporations been good for america . Yes and no, right . Casinos are good and bad. Of course, multinational corporations are good and bad. Casinos provide revenue and income and jobs and infrastructure. So building roads and hospitals and housing, casinos do that. Do they encourage gambling and drinking and smok
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