[applause] [applause] [cheering] i dont want you to be intimidated, but i practiced these jazz hands for ten minutes backstage. Thats not actually a joke and that is the scary thing about it. Good evening and welcome to the 2018 pen america literary awards. Thank you for being here. [applause] honestly im thrilled to be here, very honored to celebrate the mission to protect Free Expression everywhere. Yes you should clap for Free Expression. It is honestly a weird time to be protecting Free Expression. I know that you are thinking but sally it is so obviously not under threat right now. [laughter] certainly not here in the United States of america. I mean, obviously free speech is so free, we have fake speech now. Seriously, i am honored to be here. It is such a big deal. There are so many incredible and important authors that grace us with their words and ideas this year, brilliant visionary inspired writers and of course im talking about ivanka. [laughter] the jokes dont get any bett
Give yourselves a round of applause. [applause] i am very grateful to have Morgan Jerkins and Britt Julious to discuss this will be my undoing. Before we begin i want to make a few announcements starting with some information about Upcoming Events here at women and children first. On february 26, we will have Britney Cooper in conversation with page may and monica to discuss the buck rage a black woman discovers her superpower created this will also be held at the swedish american acm ande amanda will take place from seven to 9 p. M. Tickets are Available Online through brown paper tickets. If you are interested in learning more about the events, please sign up for the email list at a table around the corner and you can also check out the website and Facebook Page or follow us on twitter and insta graham. One final thing before we continue, the womens voices fund is a nonprofit store that covers the cost of having even as such as the one we are having tonight. Please consider putting a
And made my experience even more profound. Guest thank you so much. Host want to ask you to. Turning toward the house on the hillside i see a different kind. Tall shadows push into the current. My brothers are awake testing the weather. I match my mother is hovering over the pancakes. My father hunched by the back door place in the steel toed boots and putting his cal stands into welding gloves. On the highway below the school bus went past without stopping. Im only seven but i understand it is this back where than it any other that makes my family different. We dont go to school. Dad worries the government will force us to go but they cant because they dont know about us. For my parents seven children have no birth certificates. No medical records because we are born at home and have never seen a dr. Or nurse. When im nine of issued a delayed certificate of birth. But right now according to the states i dont access. I grew up preparing for the days watching for the sun to darken and t
Library, and we have a great speech today for president s day weekend. A day in the life of a president. How many of you are members, raise your hand . Oh, wow, fantastic. For those of you who arent members, if you become a member today, you get a 25 discount on pauls book which you can buy in the store. He will be doing a book signing immediately after the program, so you can get a new book and have him sign it before we go today. We have a new exhibit thatll be opening in april want to tell you about, its called art of war. Its an exhibit that looks at the poster art of world war ii from our collection. We have about 3,000 posters in our collection, and were going to be doing an exhibit starting april 21st. And the artists, quite remarkable by some of our greatest, norman rockwell, andrew wyeth and others. Paul is both a working correspondent with west wing reports and reports from the white house on a daily basis, and hes also a tremendous historian. Hes delved into the history of b
Security officer died at the border. Plus a promising new treatment that could help children suffering from peanut allergies. How capsules containing peanut powder could be a life changer for millions. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We cannot merely take actions that make us feel like we are making a difference. The president voices support for stricter gun control measures. I think that should be the first step as we start limiting the ability of certain people to get these things. We have a voice and were going to be using it. Survivors of the Florida School shooting plan to hold a rally today. But the state house refused to consider a bill to ban assault weapons. They held rebelled parts of damascus. The deadliest violence there in three years. Flooding in the midwest. Herb rain combined with a melting snow pack. Its just overwhelming. In los angeles, a driver of a stolen truck. He slams into all that lindsey vonn won a bronze m