Book and getting it signed. Hello, my name is allison lee. I am the managing director of penn america los angeles. Penn america is a National Organization that stands at the intersection of literature and human rights, celebrating and uniting writers and readers and defending the freedom that may creative expression possible. Which is why i am pleased to moderate todays discussion on band books, defending the right to read. Joining me today are peter coyle , the Library Director and ceo of the sacramento public library. President of the freedom to read foundation. Recipient of this yearss Los Angeles Times innovator award. Next to peter is angie thomas, whose latest novel is nick lake and the remarkable manifester prophecy. She is the author of the awardwinning number one New York Times bestselling novel, the hate you give, on the come up and concrete road as well as find your voice, a guide to writing your truth. Angie will be appearing in another panel today on the y stage at 2 00 p.
hello everyone. i am alicia menendez. a new hour of american voices, and we begin with breaking news. just hours ago, a third on and fight object was shot down over north america. canadian prime minister justin trudeau tweeted that norad successfully downed the using a u.s. f-22 fighter jet. the prime minister also announced the canadian and u.s. forces will work together to recover and analyze the objects wreckage. short time ago, the pentagon issued a statement saying that president biden spoke with prime minister trudeau, authorizing u.s. fighter jets to work with canada to bring down the kroft. the statement also reveals that the u.s. detected the object over alaska late friday night, and continued to monitor it as it crossed canadian airspace. now, at any moment, we expect an update from canadian authorities about the situation. joining me until we get that visual out, nbc s dan de luce live in washington. dan, i ask you to flag us, as you had new reporting, rolling in
mendes, a new hour of american voices, and we begin with breaking news. just hours ago, a third unidentified objects was shot down over north america. canadian prime minister justin trudeau tweeted that they successfully downed the object using a u.s. f 22 a jet. it s unclear whether the latest object has anything to do with the chinese by balloon shutdown off the coast of carolina s just last week or the object that was down over alaska on friday. a short time ago, the pentagon issued a statement saying that president biden worked with trudeau to break down the crime. the statement also said that the u.s. to take to the object over alaska late friday night, and continuing to monitor as across into canadian and a minute, now we are waiting for an update. but for, now we have dan joining us for a new update. jeff, you asked me to tell you what it s coming in. so what did we learn from this incident? i think we ve got a few more details but hopefully we re gonna get a lot m
well, i thought your interview, first of all, jake, was terrific. i think you asked really important, very, very strong questions. and you followed up, you gave him an opportunity to make his case. he did make his case. and he also made some news, i thought, on several key issues. i was taking notes on ukraine, for example. he made some news on iran. i had never heard the prime minister of israel acknowledge, confirm, that israel has already launched military action to try to destroy various iran military weapons, weapons that could be given to russia, for example, sold to russia and its war against ukraine. and he made that clear, that israel was doing that covertly, clearly. i thought that was significant. and you had a good discussion on u.s. israeli relations right now, which are going through various elements. i thought it was very significant a couple of ago, when the u.s. and israel had their largest ever joint military exercises, the u.s. military s central command,
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