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it s my pleasure to welcome jack to the museum for this presentation. you re going to do questions and answers so he ll be doing q&a after his speech. welcome jack. [applause] this is a great venue, i suspect it s the first time book tv has done one from an error line hanger. this is probably my tenth book tv but it is closest to my heart. let me start background. many of you know that on july 17, 1996, at 819 p.m., twa flight 800 life to the jfk airport in hundred life the jfk airport in new york bound for paris. twelve minutes later, 8:31 p.m. off the coast of long island, the popular south shore of long island it was blown out of the sky. 230 people were killed. fifty-three of them were twa employees. many of you in this room knew at least some of those people. there is a memorial in their honor at the museum and if i were coming here and to spread a conspiracy theory i would be dishonoring their memory and would be insulting you. instead i m here to tell you what ....
[inaudible] i meant to take off my jacket we may have a few late comers but they can go right around through the back. we would like to welcome you to the museum. he is our pride and joy we hope you enjoy it we also if you wanted to or the museum you have to go back out and around and we have a room that might be of interest to you all. it s my pleasure to welcome jack for this presentation you can do questions and answers so he will be doing q&a after his speech. welcome jack. [applause]. this is a great venue i suspect it s a first time that book tv has ever done one from an airplane hangar this is my tenth book tv let me just her with a little background. many of you know on july 17, 1976 the flight 800 left jfk airport in new york bound for paris 12 minutes later it 31:00 p.m. off the coast of long island it was blown out of the sky 230 people were killed 53 of them were twa employees. many of you in this room knew only some of those people. there is a memorial in ....
thank you for having me and this is a great venue. i suspect the first time book tv has ever done one from an airplane hangar. this is my 10th book tv. it s one that is closest to my heart for a variety of reasons. let me start with background and many of you know, on july 17th, 1996, at 1819 p.m., twa flight 800 left jfk airport in new york bound for paris. 12 minutes later, 8:31 p.m. off the coast of long island, popular shore of long island, it was blown out of the sky. 230 people were killed, 53 of them were twa employees. many of you in this room knew at least some of those people. there is a memorial in their honor here at the twa museum and if i were coming here just to spread some conspiracy theory, i would be dishonoring their memory and i would be insulting you. instead, i m here to tell you what happened on the night of july 17th, 1996, in the nights and days and months and years thereafter. there are people in this room who know a whole lot more about avia ....
on working with arab and muslim communities because it is the it shall it s the mom, it s the mother. it s the ex-wife it s the father who knows something terribly wrong is going on with their son or daughter. and can must feel comfortable coming to, you know, either the fbi or the government officials to disclose their own concerns. an second piece to it, of course, which is the access people have to weaponry that can kill a lot of people so that s what we have to get very serious about. whether it s terrorism watch list and purchase of guns or having more stringent gun laws. so those are two ways this whicl we can do it and that s whyw people like me are very, very passionate and critical of some of the thaings you re hearing coming out of this transition and some of the people who support the president-elect about, you know, about islamic community our muslim communitieo and arab communities. i will tell you as someone who has been in counter terrorism for a slorng t ....
the relentless and often intense efforts by judy and scott, the partners and associates and staff of gilbert llp law firm, that is where we are right now, they made me take the jacket off. kim reeser of capitol hill their efforts have been inconceivable. senator patrick leahy of vermont has been instrumental in shepherding the arrival of this day. i want to thank members of congress from all sides of the aisle. senators chris van hollen, barbara lee, and numerous others who spoke up or visited me, subjected themselves to my ranting and helped me regain some of my weight. even in cuba, eminem s melt in your mouth, not in your hand. to those of you who were unable to visit, thank you for trying. i m at your service as soon as i get some new teeth. i hope being they will be strong enough to make a difference. to the washington jewish inmunity, ron howard particular and his staff at the jewish community relations council, all the executive ,irector staff and volunteers fe ....