Good evening and welcome. My names emily and im the adult programs librarian. Tonights event is the last of the author talks. For anyone who is not been in our library since our renovation, welcome back. Before we begin have a few housekeeping things to mention. I would ask everyone to silence her cell phones. If youre looking for the rest of their three upstairs and down the hall. Across lobby. Although we do not allow food and drink, if you like to continue your conversation after the event the cafe is often a 10 discount on food and nonalcoholic beverages. Without further do ill give the podium. [applause] thank you for being here for this essential, sadly sensual event. Limited be very brief, theres a lot to come tonight. I want to begin personal if thats okay tied it with the subject. Like all of you, we all are poor violence. I know violence fairly intimately. I had a violent youth, a lot of violence. I was a victim of a lot of it and i victimized victimizers and it was all ugly.
In the years leading up to world war ii. Fortyeight hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. Television for serious readers. Now here is a look at gun violence in america. Good evening and welcome to the public library. I am it was the last of the author talks for the season. I hope you will take some time and look around and see our beautiful renovated library. Before we begin i do have a few housekeeping things to mention. First, i would like everyone to pre to please silence yourself on. And lastly, although we do not allow food or drink if you like to continue your conversation after our event the cafe is offering a 10 discount on food and non alcoholic beverages tonight. [applause]. Thank you all for being here for this essential sadly essential event i will be very brief there is a lot to come tonight. I will begin partially if thats okay its just how i tend to do especially with the subject like all of you im sure we all detest violence. And im sure im not alone when
Good morning welcome to mornings on 2. It is sunday december 15th. Im claudine wong. Im mike mibach. A beautiful moon out there early this morning, if you didnt catch it. Lets head over to rosemary and a quick peek of the sunday forecast. Most of us waking up with clear skies, we have patchy fog, seeing it over parts of the north perhaps right along the coastline. A cool start to the morning but temperatures not as cold in most areas. Well have a look at your Current Conditions for the afternoon. Temperatures even warmer than what we had yesterday. Were going above the seasonal average for this time of year. It is another spare the air day. The warm air will continue for the first part of the week and then farther down the road the possibility of maybe a few sprinkles. Ill show you the futurecast model for that. New this morning, south africa bids farewell to Nelson Mandela. In a touching tribute the country buried its former president , a man known around the world as a leader of soci
Yeah, i dont know. I cant imagine what those conversations are like. I think simply being there, simply showing the support, simply again having people come together. You know, i think suffering in silence, suffering in isolation, you know, dealing with this anguish i think probably makes it that much harder. So i think that he can help with. Let me reset whats going on right now, and i want to welcome our viewers not only here in the United States but around the world. Were standing by for the start of this prayer vigil, this interfaith prayer vigil that will take place here at the Newtown High School. You see the folks are gathering. Theyre trying to comfort each other. Were watching whats going on as the president of the United States. He has arrived here. He flew from the white house, from Andrews Air Force base outside of the white house in suburban maryland, flew to hartford and then drove. The weather here is not good right now, so he could not chopper could not come over by mar
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